In my last book I wrote about Joanna, a friend of my mother’s, who is an excellent cook and from whom I’ve learned a lot. Her “tea parties” were inimitable, from my perspective as a child. I would always try them at home and I’d often call Joanna for new recipes. She wrote down many of them. Recently, when I went over for dinner, I came home with a few new ones. She knows how happy they make me.
When I was a child, this was one of my favorite treats