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Free Kindle Cookbooks for Mother’s Day

Jennifer — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:23:35 +0000

Free Kindle Cookbooks for Mother’s Day Weekend. Yes, three of my cookbooks are available this weekend only for free download at Amazon Kindle. Enjoy! Lavender Cookbook: Essential Lavender Recipes on Kindle Cookbooks in general have always piqued my fancy and then I fell in love with lavender. In this cookbook and recipe collection, you’ll find a wide [...]

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Why You Need to Survey Your Customers Today

Tracy Rentz — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:25:54 +0000

There’s a common misconception among new business owners that customer surveys are futile, when really nothing could be farther from the truth. Surveying your customers is absolutely critical to running your company. If you never receive feedback about your products and services, how can you possibly know if you’re serving your customers? The Huffington Post [...]

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Energy Drink Craze Creating a Public Health Risk?

Tracy Rentz — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:04:55 +0000

It may sound extreme, but the consumption of energy drinks is one the rise. Last year energy drink sales raised by 17 percent making energy drink companies $9 billion. So the fact that a large number of the public is drinking them is proven. Now as to whether they are a threat to public health that gets a little trickier to claim. We can say that there are plenty of detrimental health scenarios caused by energy drinks. In 2009, at least 13,000 emergency room visits were associated with energy drinks. Not quite an epidemic, but a large enough number to raise some eyebrows.

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Tea India Notes

Jennifer — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:22:54 +0000

Did you know that the biggest buyer of tea from India is Russia? And the second largest buy of tea from India is Kazakhstan? Kazakhstan has a market size of 24 million kilograms per annum, and India meets almost half of this demand. During a visit by the Tea Board of India, major Indian tea exporters and importers will put up an exhibition and hold a tea-tasting session for the general public during the visit.

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Tea Foodies Cooking with Tea

Jennifer — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:49:35 +0000

Tea and Food It never ceases to amaze me that there is such a correlation between tea and food, culinary tea, tea and food pairings and tea tastings. Tea is currently a very popular topic with culinary insiders from the Culinary Institute of America to local tea tasting classes such as these (try search engines for "tea tasting class" and your city name): The Jasmine Pearl in Portland, OR, NW Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony, Phoenix Tea who has a tea tasting club, Breakaway Cooking with Tea - San Francisco, or Cooking With Tea - Philip Gelb, amongst others.

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Easy Book Collections with Collectorz

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:10:38 +0000

Libraries and Book Collections Made Easy My tea friends live on my bookshelves. There’s Norwood Pratt, Alda Ellis, Jane Pettigrew, Elizabeth Knight, Letitia Baldridge, Jill Yates, Pearl Dexter, Frank Murphy, Todd Walton, Katrina Munichiello, Lisa Richardson, Gretchen Iler and others. So many happy tea memories! And always looking forward to seeing familiar faces at World Tea Expo, [...]

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Books and Tea and Me

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:15:35 +0000

The Farmer in the Dell of Books Jennifer’s Book Farm – here a book, there a book, everywhere a book book. In one of those great organizational days with Brandie Kajino as an accountability partner, I decided that something simply had to be done about my books. If you love books as much as I do, then [...]

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Valentine’s Day Tea Party Finds

Jennifer — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:27:37 +0000

Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday. Yes, it exceeds my love of all things Christmas! That’s a huge statement considering that I owned a part-time Santa’s Surplus store for nine years and sold Christmas décor year ’round for about ten years. Oh! Happy Day! Valentine’s Day is such a happy day. How can anyone not feel [...]

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Children’s Party on a Shoe-String Budget

Zara Blake — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:21:17 +0000

Great Ideas For a Children's Party Creativity is important when generating great ideas to set up a children’s tea party. Store bought items are incredibly convenient but unnecessary depending on individual resources and available skill sets. Great Children's Tea PartyFun Ideas on a Shoe-String Budget The following advice helps adults create a successful event. Choose a Theme: Decide what type of tea party to host. Talk with the guest of honor to select an overall theme: princess, Victorian, etc. Some children wish to emulate popular television or movie characters. Use the idea for future inspiration in the party planning process. This sets the flavor of the party. It is essential that you pick a theme which is well loved by the kids and is popular.

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Home-Made Christmas Gifts Your Family Will Love

Jennifer — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:59:26 +0000

Home-Made Christmas Gift Baskets Your Family Will Love Christmas is a time when most of us want to show our loved ones how much we care by giving presents. The stores are full of items that make good gifts, but sometimes it’s nice to give something that’s a little more personal. Creating home-made gift baskets is a thoughtful [...]

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