Year of Teas at the Elmwood Inn: Twelve Months of Menus and Recipes

Anyone who has been to afternoon tea at the Elmwood Inn in Perryville, Kentucky, longs to go back, & often. Who wouldn't love to spend an hour or two sipping tea from china cups in a bright, beautifully decorated tearoom while scones, cakes, cookies, muffins, tarts & finger sandwiches arrive on silver trays? Though it may be difficult to reproduce the ambiance created by innkeepers Shelley & Bruce Richardson, it is now possible to bring those delicious goodies into your own home with the Richardsons' new book, A YEAR OF TEAS AT THE ELMWOOD INN. Afternoon tea at the 150-year-old Greek Revival mansion is a blend of English & American traditions featuring such delicious items as Lady Baltimore tarts, scones with lemon curd, Irish tea cakes & Linzer tortes. The menus are arranged by month & include 96 easy-to-prepare recipes. Rooms throughout the mansion are the backdrop for enticing color photographs of many of the foods. The book has been featured in such publications as SOUTHERN LIVING, TEA TALK, & THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. A YEAR OF TEAS is the perfect gift for anyone who loves tea, entertaining, or just marvelous photographs of beautifully restored Civil War homes. To order, contact: Benjamins Press/A Division of Elmwood Inn, 205 E. Fourth St., Perryville, KY 40468; 800-765-2139 or contact Ingram Greenlight Warehouse.Richardson, Shelley is the author of 'Year of Teas at the Elmwood Inn: Twelve Months of Menus and Recipes' with ISBN 9781884532030 and ISBN 1884532039.