The Pie perishes!

“To a foreigner a Yankee is an American. To an American a Yankee is a Northerner. To a Northerner a Yankee is a New Englander. To a New Englander a Yankee is a Vermonter. To a Vermonter a Yankee is a person who eats apple pie for breakfast.” - (Traditional saying) Michael Owen Jones - Journal of American Folklore (Spring 2007) 

A telling vestige on an almost empty plate!

 

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found," - Calvin Trillin

Indian Masala Chai, anyone?

If you are cold, tea will warm you.  If you are too heated, it will cool you.  If you are depressed, it will cheer you.  If you are excited, it will calm you.  ~Gladstone, 1865

A charming Chaiwali by a busy roadside!

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.  ~Bernard-Paul Heroux

Taking flight!

"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair," - a Chinese proverb

The Cup that cheers!

Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.  ~Author Unknown

Sweet Sangria, Ah!!!

"Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

- Benjamin Franklin