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  • California Bay Nut Brittle | Hitchhiking to Heaven
    Food, Holiday

    California Bay Nut Brittle

    This fall, I’ve been gathering, storing, and roasting our native bay laurel nuts. For Christmas, I decided to invent a recipe for bay nut brittle.

  • Birds, Holiday

    December Birds

    For many years when I lived alone, I didn’t have a Christmas tree. I would get some boughs and hang some bells, but saw no reason to untangle the lights and grapple…

  • Food, Holiday

    The Best Christmas Cookies

      The best Christmas cookies are the ones you’ve been making with family and friends for as many years as you can remember. Here’s a photo tour of one longstanding cookie-baking tradition,…

  • Food, Holiday

    Holiday Cookies Using Jam

    Aim high: Pomegranate Jam Hearts from Food Republik The holiday season is one of the only times I bake — and I have been known to get ambitious. I know I won’t…