by Patty Roper | photos by Melanie Thortis
On February 14, people enjoy exchanging cards, candy, or flowers with their “valentines.” Cupid is portrayed on Valentine’s Day cards as a cherub sending arrows of love, but the Roman God Cupid actually began in Greek mythology as the Greek god of love, Eros. Hearts...
by Emily Black | Photo by Rory Doyle
1 package yeast 1¼ cups warm water 4 heaping tablespoons sugar Pinch salt 2 ⅔ cups bread flour 1 pound fresh strawberries, stems removed Extra sugar for strawberries and topping 2 tablespoons olive oil ¼ cup strawberry jam For garnish: confectioners’ sugar for...
by Gardens Editor Margaret Gratz
Flowers evoke memories and sentiments, and perhaps the camellia, with its showy flowers that bloom when spring is but a promise, does more so than most. It has long been a tradition to float camellias in a cut-glass bowl, preferably an heirloom, and back when church...
by Emily Black | Photo by Rory Doyle
I have been making delicious, light-as-a-feather cinnamon rolls as long as I can remember, using the dough scraps from yeast rolls I was making at the time. I always had too many, even for my three boys to eat, so they made great happies for neighbors or teachers or...
by Mary Neff Stewart | photos by Lindsey Meisenheimer
In downtown Oxford, merely walking distance from the Square, sounds of the University of Mississippi marching band’s practice drift into the screened-in back porch of this classic Southern home. The picturesque street is filled with decades-old trees, friendly...
