Recent Tea and Cheese Loveliness

Just last week my friend and I took a class at Prep Kitchen Essentials... "Cheeses of France"

We had so much fun! The manager of Venissimo cheese was the teacher and we learned about and tasted 7 cheeses. We heard about how they were made, their characteristics, the flavor profiles, what to pair them with etc... it was a glorious 2 hours of sampling and enjoying. Here are a few pictures from the night.

Just yesterday my mom set up a lovely tea for a dear friend's birthday that my sister and I were lucky enough to be invited to. Paris in a Cup is an adorable tea shop in Old Town Orange. We sampled all kinds of delicious little treats with both hot and cold tea. Everything from the bathroom decor to all the plates and glassware were ridiculously cute. We wiled away 2 and a half hours at our lovely table! A few pictures...

And just to give a report since the name of my blog IS butter and scones... they had fabulous scones. We tried two different kinds, both were on the sweeter side. They were served with traditional clotted cream and jam. pretty much all there is to say: YUM.

Thee First Post

Let me just start off by saying, the Kilbanes are picky banana eaters. I understand that there are multiple stages to a banana's life... starts off really green, heads to semi green, gets into the I'm mostly yellow with a tinge of green, then the most wonderful stage- perfectly mellow yellow with not a hint of brown in sight. After this stage comes the dreaded spots... we will no longer eat said banana once it aquires "the spot". Into the freezer it goes and once 3 have accumulated... you know what that means!

BANANA BREAD TIME!

Here is the perky little loaf that those dear brown bananas turned into... and mini chocolate chips thrown in never hurt anybody.

I do realize that my first post on Butter and Scones is not of scones... but the bananas were getting impatient in the freezer and the husband and I really cant eat a loaf of banana bread AND a slew of scones in one week. (Well we definitely could, but we also are attempting not to be 400 pounds by our 1 year anniversary)

I will tell you this... the banana bread took 45 minutes to bake and I get impatient, so I did whip up some fresh Lemon Curd that will be smothered on those delicious scones very very soon. Mmmm... I can hardly wait.