A Writer’s Cozy Lair
When I set up my very first office, I bought a modern glass-and-steel desk. It seemed clean and orderly. The problem was that I’m...
Hobbit Breakfast: Roasted Tomato Soup
This intense, summery soup can be made lighter if you leave off the croutons and cheese and use fresh chopped basil instead—or you can...
Sugared Spiced Cranberries
Article taken from Issue #33 || Winter 2015
Print || Digital
Raw cranberries are notoriously bitter, but this recipe melds the fruit’s natural tartness with sugar to create...
Witch Cottage Aesthetic
When I was younger I pledged to surround myself with beauty and let it inspire more beauty. Home is my sanctuary, and entering it...
The Language of Flowers
ADVICE FROM A FLORIST by
LARISA MINERVA
FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY by
JUSTINE GRAJSKI
Flowers speak in ways that words fail us. They arrive in spring, pushing their eager green heads...
The Life of Tolkien: On The Big Screen
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien died in 1973. Now, forty-five years later, the film Tolkien will bring him back to life onscreen. For the time being,...
Throwing a Magical Party for Kids
photography by VINCE CHAFIN
We’ve probably all witnessed a child playing more with the plain box their present came in than with the much coveted,...
The Nightcap
The hush of evening falls as the day’s warm breeze brushes against you in the dimming light.
And there you sit, looking out into the...
The Fruit That Launched A Thousand Ships
Depending on where you live, spring can be a little early to start incorporating local fruit into your cooking and baking. Many trees and...
Faery Tea Cakes!
INGREDIENTS
• 2 cups spelt flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ½ cup soft unsalted butter
• 1 cup organic raw sugar
• 3...