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Shortbread Cookies

Valentine’s Day Recipes: Shortbread Cookies and Macarons

Express love and affection for someone special this Valentine’s Day with sweet tokens of confection. Presented in doily-lined boxes, these treats are as prettily...
Valentine's Day Gifts

Friday Five: Valentine’s Day Gifts

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, we have selected some of our favorite gift ideas. Show your affection for those you love by presenting them...
Spring Flowers

Letters from Victoria: Spring Flowers

As winter’s gray skies and dreary landscapes slowly begin to brighten with renewed color and life, Victoria readers share with us the signs they...
Marsala: Pantone Color of the Year

Friday Five: Marsala, Pantone Color of the Year 2015

Pantone revealed that Marsala, which Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, describes as “hardy, robust, satisfying fulfilling" is the 2015...
Gracious Entertaining

Gracious Entertaining: A Cup of Tea and the BBC

For those of us who dream in romantic images of the English countryside, sitting down to watch a British costume drama provides a delightful...
Clear Creek Distillery

Letters from Victoria: The Fruits of Clear Creek Distillery

A few days after an interview with Steve McCarthy, the proprietor of Portland, Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery, I joked with my husband that I...