Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Blackberry Tea Syrup
If you love to cook, it’s hard not to bring your work home with you when you have a job in a test kitchen. I bring home leftovers from what … Continue reading
Matcha Coconut Chip Cookies
On a typical spring Colorado day in March last weekend, as 12 inches of snow fell on our condo deck, I couldn’t help but want to bake. So I attempted … Continue reading
Brown Sugar Tea Tart
It’s fun to work in a place where nearly everyone loves to talk about, create and eat good food. Last week, in celebration of Pi Day on 3/14, several of … Continue reading
Raspberry-Cacao Frozen Yogurt and Coconut Tuiles
This is a super-easy cacao-infused frozen yogurt recipe paired with a not-too-complicated coconut tuile in which to serve the frozen treat. Don’t skip the tuiles! They’re not that hard to … Continue reading
Sesame Quinoa Salad
I picked up a lovely toasted sesame-flavored black tea during my first visit to an Adagio retail store last fall in Chicago. This tea has just the right balance of … Continue reading
Chai-Spiced Almond Muffins
These chewy chai-spiced muffins are from my favorite breakfast and brunch cookbook, Mollie Katzen’s Sunlight Café. I’ve made almost half the recipes in this cookbook over the many years I’ve … Continue reading
Cheater Sweetheart Scones
I started a new part-time job this month. A dream job, really. I was invited to join the creative team in the test kitchen of my favorite spice purveyor, Savory … Continue reading
Earl Grey Hot Chocolate Mix
My thoughtful and generous friend, Allison, is always sending me tea-infused foodie finds from New York City. Over the holidays, Allison sent me a delicious Earl Grey hot chocolate mix … Continue reading
Plum Oolong-icious Screw
Get your minds out of the gutter, people. It’s a cocktail. I’m slowly working my way through our liquor cabinet infusing anything I can with one tea or another. This … Continue reading
Matcha Breadcrumb Baked Chicken
My favorite way to use up leftover stale bread (like the rest of the loaf from my Earl Grey Tea Toast) is to turn it into seasoned breadcrumbs. Using the … Continue reading
Tea Foodie’s top 5 recipes for 2012
2012 commemorates the year I started my tea foodie blog. I’ve tried to post something once a week to journal my cooking with tea explorations and tea foodie finds. It’s … Continue reading
Cranberry Ice (a holiday family tradition)
For as long as I can remember, Cranberry Ice has been the traditional dish that has always started a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal at my family’s holiday table. Not quite … Continue reading
Matcha Macaroon Trees
Thank you, Martha Stewart, for the inspiration for these deliciously easy holiday cookies. I’ve actually never been a huge Martha Stewart fan. I’ve always thought of her recipes like her … Continue reading
Earl Grey Tea Toast
One morning, while sipping on an exquisite Earl Grey tea and staring at what was left of a large lovely loaf of French bread from our pasta dinner the night … Continue reading
Moroccan Mint Tea-Glazed Nuts
I’ve tried roasting many a nut, and they’ve never turned out quite right until I discovered this recipe. The key to success here is to pan toast the nuts on … Continue reading
Japanese Tea Rice
I love simple, broth-y noodle or rice bowls that can be flavored to your own liking by adding various toppings and condiments. This dish fits the bill. And it happens … Continue reading
Rosemary-Infused Olive Oil (and Rosemary-Lemon Roasted Potatoes)
Not many plants survive the summer on my west-facing, desert sun-loving urban condominium deck. Every year, I experiment with new potted plants and herbs, and I’ve only found a few … Continue reading
Ginger-Infused Sweet Potato Coconut Soup
My brother and sister-in-law own an amazing Thai-inspired restaurant in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It happens to be one of the best restaurants on the island. You might think I’m biased, … Continue reading
Harvest Spice Apple-tea-ni
This recipe is a great reason to be happy that another beautiful fall weekend has arrived. The recipe features Harvest Spice Tea from The Tea Spot that I steeped in … Continue reading
Mango-Ginger Tea Vinaigrette (and Romaine Salad with Mangoes and Pancetta Crisps)
I’ve been working on a mango tea vinaigrette recipe for a while now, and I’ve finally come up with one that I love. It’s a sweet, limey and slightly creamy … Continue reading
Kombucha Bread
Originally a beer bread recipe, this was easy to translate into a tea foodie dish by swapping the beer for kombucha. The recipe itself could not be any easier to … Continue reading
Chai Chip: Tea-Infused Coconut Milk Ice Cream
Not quite ready to let go of summer, yet anxious to infuse fall flavors into everything edible, this super easy dessert recipe just seemed to make sense this week. I … Continue reading
Smoky Quinoa Veggie Chili
After a week of extravagantly eating my way through Philadelphia and New York City, I really didn’t think I would want another bite of food when I finally returned home … Continue reading
Chocolate Granola Tea Cookies
Remember the Goji Berry Granola I made last week? This week I turned what remained of the tasty granola into chocolate granola cookies to nibble alongside my morning or afternoon … Continue reading
Goji Berry Granola
I’m gaga for goji berries lately. These beautiful ruby-colored dried berries are strangely tart, slightly salty, somewhat sweet and kind of earthy. And they make for a super healthy snack. … Continue reading
Banana Oolong Pudding
I am a collector (borderline hoarder) of yummy teas. My friend, Kerry, understands this about me, which is why she introduced me to Canadian tea company DAVIDsTEA several years ago. … Continue reading
Sweet Lavender Guacamole
There are a million reasons why I love Savory Spice Shop. But the number one reason for my unfailing adoration is access to the brilliant minds of their in-house spice … Continue reading
Green Tea Flu Shot Soup
The day after participating in a Twitter chat about tea and wellness last week, I fell ill. Slightly ironic, I think. Sore throat, fever, stuffy head – you know, the … Continue reading
Jasmine Tea-Poached Peaches (a la Julia)
Thank you, Julia Child, for teaching me to get serious about learning to cook, but not take myself too seriously in the kitchen; and to not be afraid of butter. … Continue reading
A Southern twist on Mint Tea
Call Mama! is a 34-page handmade cookbook – cook-booklet, really – with titles like ‘Beans in a Bundle’, ingredients like ‘1 packet of Dream Whip’, and instructions like ‘spread one … Continue reading
Tea Mushroom Egg Rolls
My first experience cooking with smoky Lapsang Souchong tea was through Heidi Swanson’s recipe for Black Tea Spring Rolls in her gorgeous Super Natural Cooking cookbook. I’ve made many versions … Continue reading
Milk Oolong Tea-Braised Fish (or Tofu)
My lover, Dan, is from Iowa; therefore, he is genetically programmed to be a meat and potatoes man. So fish and tofu don’t make it onto the menu very often … Continue reading
Pu-erh Kimchi (Say what?)
Say what? Many people have no idea what I’m talking about when I say “Pu-erh” or “kimchi”. So it’s really confusing when I put them together in one dish. As … Continue reading
Buckwheat Tea-Braised Turnips with Poppy Seed Bread Crumbs
The first time I had a roasted grain tea was several years ago at The Slanted Door in San Francisco. It was a roasted barley tea, and it was a … Continue reading
Sencha Cherry Chicken Salad
This dish is inspired by both the gorgeous Colorado cherries currently at the farmer’s market and the fresh tarragon I scored at my first food swap event. The food swap … Continue reading
Sweet Tea-Onion Marmalade
Nothing reminds me more of summer than onion dip. Not popsicles. Not the ice cream truck. Not watermelon. But onion dip. This food memory takes me back to lazy middle … Continue reading
The first rule of Gourmet Club is…
Rules: The first rule of Gourmet Club is, of course, that you don’t talk about Gourmet Club. Well, I’m busted. I’m totally breaking that rule here. Gourmet Club is our … Continue reading
Raspberry White Tea Syrup
My newest cookbook acquisition is Homemade Soda by Andrew Schloss. It’s a bright, cheery book with 200 recipes for crafting homemade fizzy drinks using all kinds of herbs, spices, fruits, … Continue reading
Thanks for the Illuminating Blogger Award!
As a newbie to the blogosphere, I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my blog – including how to balance my blogging time so that I don’t … Continue reading
Smoky Tea and Tomato Lentils
Lately, an almost weekly tradition has been a stop at Whole Foods for their Wednesday sale price on rotisserie chicken. Sure, I roast my own chicken now and then, but … Continue reading
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About Zanitea
Combining a love of tea and food through hand blended teas and cooking with tea inspiration.
