It’s known as the Italian Garden, but where is it, really? Not in Italy, that’s for sure. You'll find it on an 8,000-acre Blue Ridge estate, with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. This is not my garden. But...
Posted by SpiceLines on February 27, 2013 7:24 AM
Your reward for a day of planting: the May Wonder cocktail, made of strawberries muddled with fresh basil, white rum, a squeeze of lime, simple syrup and a dash of rose water. Awake at 6:37 AM. Out of the...
Posted by SpiceLines on April 29, 2012 1:35 PM
When the irises are in fleeting bloom, there's no better way to enjoy la pause gourmande than with a soft meringue topped with whipped cream and the first fragile strawberries of the season. I blame Elise’s strawberries. It’s not...
Posted by SpiceLines on April 20, 2012 4:57 PM
Winter hazel in bloom after a night of spring rain: One of the pleasures of coming home. I flew in last night, exhausted after a week of travel. Before I went to bed, it rained hard and there were...
Posted by SpiceLines on March 18, 2012 5:52 PM
Palermo’s Jardin Botanico Carlos Thays holds over 5000 types of plants, shrubs and trees. Some exotic specimens inhabit another world where they can just be glimpsed through the splotched and speckled glass of a decaying 19th-century winter house. Don’t...
Posted by SpiceLines on May 16, 2011 8:52 AM
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