Holiday in the City
In response to, LA Foodie, Drew’s dilemma, “how does a city-dweller forage?,” TLC got together to come up with some city wreaths. When nature is not at your door, there’s always food. Here are three ideas to help you stay festive in Tinsel Town.
Forage your kitchen cupboards for coffee beans, pepper corns, star anise, cinnamon sticks, bay leafs, all sorts of spices with wonderful shapes and scents. Be creative. Visit a local candy shop for gumdrops and ribbon candies. When your neighbors aren’t looking, grab lemons and oranges from their boughs. With these items, create bright holiday wreaths unique to your environment like the examples below.
Spices:
Herb Wreath, Star Anise Wreath
Candies:
Peppermint Wreath, Hard Candies
Gumdrop Wreath, Hard Candy Wreath
Fruits:
Lemon Wreath, Apple Wreath
Create the wreaths above, make lots of ornaments for your tree, or group these bursts of color in glass bowls around the house for easy holiday charm.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Right around the same time you posted the original wreath piece, I was visiting a place right outside of Los Angeles called Oak Glen. I went immediately following the annual apple harvest, and it really put me in the holiday mood – which is sometimes hard in Los Angeles. For your readers who live in SoCal, I strongly encourage a visit to the orchards at Oak Glen which are open year-’round.
http://www.la-foodie.com/home-cooking/oak-glen-california/