Walking up to the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in Manhattan is startling. It’s set back from East 61st Street, so after passing bodegas and restaurants and a parking garage, suddenly there’s a stone wall ...

Hats, finger sandwiches, scones and tea: the Daughters of the British Empire of Louisiana had that and more at its 10 th annual British Afternoon Tea, April 2 at Longue Vue House and Gardens. The ...

That’s what Erika Rappaport, a professor of history at UC Santa Barbara, has done, and more, in “A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World” (Princeton University Press, 2017). The book ...

FARGO — Dayna Del Val has found her happy place. Del Val’s husband recently treated her to an afternoon tea at Soirée Victorian Tea Room, and the area arts leader says it felt like a touch of Europe, ...