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The Tenbury Wells Mistletoe Auction
During my research in England, I wrote some fieldnote observations (reposted below) about my encounters with mistletoe, and I recently got to revisit them in a conversation with Annie Corrigan on WFIU Radio’s Earth Eats Program. If you are interested in further information on mistletoe, please visit pages by Jonathan Briggs, whose work has brought Read more
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Hollenbeck’s Cider Mill – A Thanksgiving Miracle
On the day before Thanksgiving, I was driving from Corning, New York to Massena, New York, in order to spend the holiday with my grandmother. Somewhere between Ithaca and Cortland, I made a wrong turn, and I ended up driving through the tiny village of Virgil, no more than a crossroads, where there was an Read more
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Lambic, the Cider of Beers
Today, I want to talk about Belgian beer. I’ve been doing some travelling in Europe to attend a conference. Brussels happened to be the cheapest airport to fly into, which to me, was the universe telling me to go explore the history of my favorite beers. It might not be cider, but it is close, Read more
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“Magic of Cider” on WFIU Earth Eats with Annie Corrigan
I recently had the opportunity to do an interview about cider with WFIU Earth Eats producer Annie Corrigan. Here’s the link to the Earth Eats site, where you can listen to the podcast! I love radio. http://indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/magic-cider-art-coffee-roasting-season-paw-paws/ Read more
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The Big Apple of Colborne, Ontario – Taking a Bite Out of the 401
Anyone who’s ever suffered through the mind-numbing stop-and-go traffic (14 whole lanes of it!) crawling through Toronto on the 401 Highway will probably also have driven by this delightful roadside apple sculpture as they head east towards Montreal. Towering over the highway, The Big Apple beckons weary travellers to stop at this temple of of Read more
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Cider on the Prairie
I decided to pay a visit to a place very close to my heart: Conner Prairie Living History Museum, where I worked for about five summers during college. I had not been back in many years, and I was excited to find, in addition to familiar memories of my first experiences in orchards, some pleasing new Read more
Cider With Maria 