The lights are low. Holiday music is in the air and you are ready to welcome your guests. As you put a drink in their hand they coo over the bountiful display of hors d’oeuvres on the countertop — always a welcoming sight on a cold winter night. The consummate host has food and drink ready when the first guest…
Above: Photo by Lucas Allen That Martha Stewart has impeccable taste everybody knows, but it was confirmed when she (or, at least, her editors) selected The Rocks Estate in New Hampshire to feature (eight pages worth) in the December issue of Martha Stewart Living. “We wanted to introduce our readers to all the Christmas trees available to them from all…
Christmas is nostalgic by nature, but rather than dress it up like a rummage sale of family history, why not focus on a certain period in the past, between VJ Day and the Summer of Love, that many parents and grandparents remember like it was yesterday? Tomie dePaola on Décor Tomie has written and illustrated 200 children’s books and at…
Wrapped Shrimp with Asian Barbeque Sauce Yield: 30 pieces 1 lb pineapple, cleaned and trimmed 1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined Salt, as needed Pepper, as needed 15 pieces of bacon, parbaked and halved 1/2 fl oz olive oil or vegetable oil 2 1/4 oz onions, diced 1 1/2 oz celery, diced 1 garlic clove, chopped 1 fl oz…
Above: A Vietnam-era helicopter that also saw service in the Persian Gulf War is on display along with a Sassy Racing engine built in Weare and a Cog Railway car and engine. When Eddie and Beth Gilbert “deck the halls” each year, hanging boughs of holly are among the least of their challenges. Over the past 23 Christmas seasons, the…
The lily lights with their organic stems seem to grow right from the table. These signature works of ceramic artist Doug Blum start on the potter’s wheel and are then “pulled” upward, echoing the lines of nature. Finally a globe of translucent porcelain is added that glows with the light of a 60-watt bulb. The oil lamps ($95 and up)…
The Beholder’s Eye Concerning the November 2007 edition’s article titled “Dirty Laundry,” I want to know why you allowed a photo of a woman’s bare breasts to be easily seen in your magazine! I was under the impression this is a family magazine, not a porn magazine. Even if that was not the intent or even how it truly looks,…
