Posted by Joni

Magisso gave me the opportunity to test the new Magisso Tea Cup. It is a wonderful design where you can steep your favorite tea to get the perfect cup of tea. I don't own a tea pot so I can't use a tea ball. But I do like to have a good cup of tea. Using the old pot on my stove that I use when I want hot water, I couldn't wait to try the cup. While it looks different, it is easy and a joy to use.

To use the cup:

1. First you easily slide the tea filter into the slot in the cup. 
   
2. Next add your favorite loose leaf tea. Mine was Treasure of the Incas!
   
3. Then pour in the hot water and let the tea steep to your taste. 
   
4.  Finally, just tip the cup to the other direction and drink. 
   

Posted by Joni

Last week I was fortunate enough to go to the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago. It was an overwhelming long weekend of seeing new items and meeting amazing new people. One of the people I was lucky enough to meet and allowed to interview was Cathy Mitchell. Cathy Mitchell is the author of Dump Dinners and other cookbooks. 

Cathy was so down to earth and open to our questions that it was just like sitting around your own kitchen table with a favorite aunt or grandmother. I expressed my frustration when cooking and modifying recipes because of my husband's lactose allergy and with him being pre-diabetic. She encouraged me to try some of the recipes and told me how easily modifiable they are for allergies. Cathy was not a chef who would never want a recipe changed, in fact, she told us to "play" with the recipes.