What do you do when the weather looks like this and the temperature with wind chill is 15 degrees? And there isn't even the romance of pretty snow on the ground?
Afternoon tea! In America we often call this high tea, but actually in England it is low tea because it was consumed in the afternoon to stave off hunger before the late meal, on low tables.
First stop, the bakery. I went to Luna Bakery Cafe, in Cleveland Heights, started by pastry chef Bridget Thibeault last year. Conveniently located right under my yoga studio, (Green Tara Yoga,) I frequently stop in for a cup of coffee and a bite to eat after class.
The cases are always filled with beautiful pastries baked on the premises (the bakery is visible through large windows on the street, and you can stand and watch the pastry chefs at work.)
I chose savory turnovers, fruit galettes, apple oatmeal squares, and a mini blueberry lemon bundt cake.
Then the fun of setting it up for tired hungry school children, coming in from the cold with icy toes and snow-dusted hair. The temperatures were plunging, snow started falling, and the table was set with our Fortnum and Mason tea set, cups of creamed cauliflower soup, sliced fruit and the bakery goodies, along with tea ("Celebration Blend") brought back from England.
That is one way to beat the winter blues!
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