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My new favorite book for the holidays is I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Gifts, Decorations, and Recipes that Use Less and Mean More by Anna Getty. The book is full of fantastic recipes (food and drinks), crafts, as well as tips for how to make your holiday season more green and eco-friendly. I love […]
My holiday aesthetic is complicated. A huge part of me loves tradition, and a huge part of me hates tradition. Instead of having a tree, I have white mums with pine branches set in vases on my windowseat. And I love holiday cookies, but not with red and green frosting! Here are the best holiday […]
By Dale Dougherty Persimmons are the last fruit of the season, coming late in the fall and staying around through December. The trees lose their leaves but the fruit remains on the branches, hanging like ornaments. We are fortunate to have two kinds of persimmon trees, the Fuyu (left below) and the Hachiya (right below). […]
By Cathy Callahan When I was growing up we spent Christmas at Auntie’s house. We would have the big traditional holiday meal, turkey and all of the fixings, in the early afternoon. Then we would clean up the dishes and reset the table to prepare for the evening celebration when the rest of the extended […]
Jan of Daisy Jane shares this yummy recipe download for her Aunt Jane’s Nut Roll, a bread filled with walnuts and spices. She also points out that the recipe goes together easily, makes loads of bread and freezes well, making it a great alternative to working away for hours on batches of decorated cookies!
Hoshigaki is the Japanese art of drying persimmons. DeepCraft has just undertaken the beautiful task. Ene recently discovered the Japanese art of Hoshigaki, a technique of drying fruit by a combination of open-air hanging and hand massaging. The fruit is picked before it fully ripens, with a section of branch left attached, then it is […]
Magpie Ima on Homegrown.org posts her recipe for making elderberry syrup. Elderberry is rich in antioxidants and is known to help boost the immune system.
