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Local Flavor: Let bells ring with maple cookies

To celebrate this week’s opening of the new Essex Bakery & Cafe, I thought I would ask our Executive Pastry Chef Perrin Williams for one of her favorite recipes that best incorporates “local flavor.”

Emerging Market Oreos

Emerging Market Oreos

A Few Good Spots for a Spot of Tea

Tea at Sketch. WITH Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee coming up in June and the Olympics just around the corner, what better way to celebrate all things English than to experience the most traditional of Britain’s rituals — afternoon tea?

Cultured Traveler: Good London Spots for a Spot of Tea

Whether you opt for Pret-A-Portea or a “Tea-Tox,” you can find tea with a twist in London.

From Russia with food in Northeast Philly

WHEN I travel, I go to supermarkets. Unlike most touring shoppers, I never pause at store windows displaying jewelry and haute couture. But whether I’m in Aix or Antwerp New Orleans or Naples, I make a beeline for the local grocery store to peruse aisles of preserves, inhale the scent of coffee and pick up toothpaste sporting foreign labels. More than one pal at home has benefited from my ...