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  • Victorian Tea at the Kirkman House Museum

    Rogers Miles, The Times|May 1, 2025

    WALLA WALLA - Imagine enjoying an afternoon tea in Victorian elegance without traveling to England or British Columbia. You can do so on Sunday, May 4, when Walla Walla's Kirkman House Museum hosts its annual Victorian tea. What is afternoon tea? It is a culinary custom that arose in Britain in the early nineteenth century. Sharing a snack and a pot of tea helped Britons endure the long interval between lunch and dinner, which in those days was eaten late, often eight or nine hours after the...