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  • Lemon cheese cakes from Ann Cadwalader Ringgold Schley recipe with tea and fork on wooden table
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    “Lemon Cheese Cakes,” Ann Cadwalader Ringgold Schley

    ByKara February 25, 2020April 5, 2026

    The Wikipedia entry for “Chess pie” offers up several possible explanations for the name – the pie is named for a piece of furniture called a pie chest, or for the town of Chester, England. Some theories are just silly. “It’s jes’ pie.” Okay… whatever. The likely explanation is that “chess pie” evolved from recipes…

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  • Vintage tea punch bowl with molded ice block garnished with lemon slices and red accents, surrounded by crystal glasses on green surface
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    Tea Punch, O. H. W. Hunter

    ByKara December 14, 2017December 5, 2019

    According to Wikipedia, the word for punch comes from the sanskrit word for “five.” The drink was once made up of five components: water, citrus, alcohol, sugar, and “spice”. According to punch historian David Wondrich, the spice in question could be anything from “nutmeg or tea to ambergris.” (Hey that rhymes!) The flavors of this…

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