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The Gratitude Dinner: Mindful Conversation Starters for Your Next Small Gathering

If you're hosting a small gathering, I've got some mindful conversation starters that will turn it into a gratitude dinner that will leave your guests feeling like royalty. I have...

The Gratitude Dinner: Mindful Conversation Starters for Your Next Small Gathering

By Andy Hayes

Featured Community Member: Paulina Thorne

Ciaran Keast

Plum Deluxe is not just a blog, not just an online tea shop... it's a community. Our popular and growing tea of the month club community is full of wonderful,...

Featured Community Member: Paulina Thorne

By Ciaran Keast

Devilish Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches

Jessica Marcy

Egg salad has been one of the pillars of tea sandwich fillings for a very long time. I’m a firm believer that you can’t go wrong with a classic recipe...

Devilish Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches

By Jessica Marcy

Black Tea 101: Digging Deeper Into the World of Tea

Ciaran Keast

Black tea is just... black tea, right? It's a bit more nuanced than that. We thought it was time to delve a little deeper into the world of tea knowledge,...

Black Tea 101: Digging Deeper Into the World of Tea

By Ciaran Keast

The Best and Easiest Chai Monkey Bread Recipe

Jessica Marcy

Monkey bread is one of those things that brings back delightful childhood memories of sticky fingers and full-bellied bliss. Growing up in my house, holiday mornings were not complete without...

The Best and Easiest Chai Monkey Bread Recipe

By Jessica Marcy

3 Strategies for Avoiding Troublesome Topics when Entertaining

Andy Hayes

It's been an intense year for topics that are generally considered verboten at the dinner table -- namely, politics and its quarrelsome twin conversation starter, religion.Whether you are hosting an intimate...

3 Strategies for Avoiding Troublesome Topics when Entertaining

By Andy Hayes

Buttered Wheat and Honey Scones Recipe

Krista Bjorn

Scones fresh from the oven are comfort food, plain and simple. This honey scones recipe is spiced with a hint of ginger and slathered with salted butter to take comfort...

Buttered Wheat and Honey Scones Recipe

By Krista Bjorn

How to Survive a Loved One's Chronic Illness

Ciaran Keast

We'd only been together for a few years when my husband was diagnosed with a severe case of Crohn's Disease, an autoimmune condition that affects every day of our lives....

How to Survive a Loved One's Chronic Illness

By Ciaran Keast

An Almond Royale Tea Biscotti Recipe for Teatime Perfection

Ciaran Keast

Mmm, biscotti -- that crispy, crunchy cookie that pairs perfectly with a good cup of tea. Our lovely Royale teas are especially delicious with biscotti, and what better way to...