Tea Time is the Best Time

ByJulie Klassen
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One of my favorite days of the year is visiting one of my favorite book clubs: Tantalizing Ladies Tea–A Christian Book Coterie. This is the group of women I fictionalized as the “Ladies Tea and Knitting Society” in my Tales From Ivy Hill series.

Photo credit: CCT blog.

They invited me to join them again last Friday, and again, it was such a blessing to be included! Best of all, we had a surprise visit from one of the members (Sherri) who has moved away to Chicago, but was able to come back and join us for the afternoon!

Shari, Emily, Sherri, Tiffany, Kristine, Judy, Beverly

What a soul-nourishing time of sisterhood, prayer, tea, and delicious food. Oh yeah, and we talked a little about my latest book, The Bridge to Belle Island, too. 😊

Shortbread & macarons (made by Kristine’s talented daughter) and the book we discussed.

Here was our menu:

Roasted Tomato Bisque

Smoked Gouda & Rosemary Scones

Sweet Potato Phyllo Cups

Broccoli Salad Roulades

Lingonberry Turkey Tea Sandwiches

Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms

Tomato and Pesto Crostini

Dotted Shortbread Cookies

Earl Grey Truffles

Coconut Lavender French Macarons

I am honestly not sure which item was my favorite. The soup, perhaps? The crostini? The shortbread? The scones? They were all delicious.

Yummmm!

Here is one of the recipes from the delightful Tea Time magazine, if you feel inspired to try it:

Recipe from Tea Time magazine.

As always, it was a great afternoon with friends old and new.

Back row: Beverly, Shari, Phyllis, Emily, Judy, Krisine (w/young Emma), Tiffany.
Front row: Becky, Julie, Sherri.

What about you? Do you belong to a book club? Like having tea? Do tell!

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JULIE KLASSEN loves all things Jane—Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. She worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. Three of her novels have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

5 Comments

  1. What a fabulous group! And such fancy finger food. My mouth is watering just from the pictures. I love tea and scones and books, and your Tantalizing Ladies Tea group just took that to the next level. How wonderful!

  2. Fun! I do want to try that recipe. As I read your post, I was telling myself, OOOOH, I have smoked gouda and rosemary. Et voila! You included the recipe. Thank you! What a neat book group! I would join it if they were closer. 🙂

  5. Fabulous group! I don’t belong to a book club. I do enjoy a cup of hot tea while reading.

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