Hospitality does not have to be elaborate or difficult. It can begin right at home with one’s siblings and parents! It can be as simple as a picnic with a friend to celebrate their feast day or surprising your sister with breakfast in bed. Many of the ideas in Tea & Cake with the Saints use Saint’s feast days as the occasion for practicing hospitality in the form of simple tea parties, but almost all of the ideas given can be used for any occasion a girl can dream up!
Young ladies will also be encouraged to start their very own homemaking notebook and fill it with some of the ideas and recipes found among the varied chapters on everything from basic cleaning and organizing, to simple gardening. Tea & Cake is not meant to be a home economics text, but a light, fun and inspiring introduction to “hospitality and the home arts”. Includes suggested menus with recipes, articles, copy-n-clip recipe cards, hostess gift ideas, and much more!
This beautifully illustrated, full-color book is divided into four sections corresponding to the four seasons, each of which contains menus, recipes, and ideas. The Winter section, for example, not only includes a menu and recipes for tea or hot chocolate, cheddar muffins, spice cake, and cream cheese mints, but also:
- A colorful blank recipe card
- An idea for a simple gift
- Decorating ideas for adding atmosphere to a winter tea party
- A section on manners, “thank you” notes, and invitations
- Ideas for cookie exchanges and recipe swaps
Ideal for ages 10-14. 108 pgs. Full color. Shrink-wrapped. 7" x 10" Spiral-bound for ease of use.
