How Do You Eat a Scone with Cream and Jam?

When eating an English scone, what goes on first? The clotted cream or the jam? This is one of life's most pressing questions for students of tea traveling for the first time through the tearoom-filled villages of Southwest England and The Cotswolds, or taking tea at a stylish London hotel like Claridge's or Browns. You…

The Perfect Scone Recipe

True English Scones Should Rise and Split Why is it so hard to find a good scone these days?I find way too many flat or dense scones when I travel. Why have we neglected the art of making a traditional English scone?  And forget about those half-pound triangle things you find in pastry shops!Sometimes we just…