Tea sommelier brings out tea cookbook
Cyntha Gold, a tea sommelier from Arlington, MA, has published a book about cooking with tea. The first section of the cookbook focuses on tea itself, with flavor profiles, culinary applications and pairings, and concepts of cooking with tea. Part two features more than 150 recipes. "Culinary Tea: More Than 150 Recipes Steeped in Tradition from Around the World" details a diversity of culinary techniques that are very approachable, using ingredients that would be easy to find. According to the author, the goal of using tea in the kitchen is not to make food taste like tea, but to balance sweetness or richness, add depth of flavor, or layers of complexity.