Cooking:

Tea for You
Blending Custom Teas to Savor and Share
Written by Tracy Stern

Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.95

A cup of tea has been esteemed for centuries as the perfect way to relax in the company of good friends. Tea for You shares tips and ideas for creating personalized moments of delicious indulgence by making your very own customized teas to savor and share.

Tracy Stern knows everything there... Read more >

Coffee Drinks

Written by Michael Turback
Photographed by Leo Gong

Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Price: $14.95

From the fifteenth-century coffee houses of Constantinople to the twenty-first-century coffee bars across the United States and Europe, coffee's golden age stretches for more than six hundred years. Americans brew 235 million cups of java every day, making it the most popular social drink in the country. What drives our obsession... Read more >

Mocha

Written by Michael Turback
Photographed by Leo Gong

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2007
Price: $9.95

Coffee and chocolate combined have a complementary effect, which means drinking a mocha wakes you up and puts you in a good mood.
High-quality chocolate, strong coffee, and a big mug--basic tools of the trade for Mocha, the sophisticated follow-up to Michael Turback's best-selling Hot Chocolate. Presented in a compact yet luxurious... Read more >

The Story of Tea
A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
Written by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2007
Price: $32.50

Whether it's a delicate green tea or a bracing Assam black, a cup of tea is a complex brew of art and industry, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the world of tea, veteran tea traders Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss chronicle tea's influence... Read more >

Tea Party
20 Themed Tea Parties with Recipes for Every Occasion, from Fabulous Showers to Intimate Gatherings
Written by Tracy Stern and Christie Matheson

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $27.50

Enjoy life. Drink tea. Celebrate often.
Tracy Stern is passionate about tea. She has created wildly popular lines of teas and tea-based beauty products and has hosted hundreds of stylish tea parties to celebrate all sorts of occasions. She has introduced a new generation to the pleasures of tea without any... Read more >

Totally Teatime Cookbook

Written by Helene Siegel and Karen Gillingham

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2004
Price: $5.95

Perfect for the upcoming holiday season, we're pleased to announce the latest round of die-cut sensations. As you snuggle closer to your teapot and cozy nearer to your coffee mug, fill your kitchen with the comforting aroma of freshly baked cookies and muffins, each enticingly presented as a beloved collection of... Read more >

The Devil's Cup
A History of the World According to Coffee
Written by Stewart Lee Allen

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $14.95

In this captivating book, Stewart Lee Allen treks three-quarters of the way around the world on a caffeinated quest to answer these profound questions: Did the advent of coffee give birth to an enlightened western civilization? Is coffee, indeed, the substance that drives history? From the cliffhanging villages of Southern Yemen... Read more >