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Espresso Cocktails for Your Swedish Fika
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Espresso Cocktails for Your Swedish Fika

Whereas we Americans enjoy a good happy hour (complete with espresso cocktails in the winter or fruit cocktails in the warmer months), Swedes love their afternoon coffee breaks. They’re called Fika...

Apple tree pruningPruning an Apple Tree with the Garrett Wade Pruning Saw

Pruning an Apple Tree with the Garrett Wade Pruning Saw

Our videographer lives just beyond the far northeastern coastline of Maine, in Nova Scotia. She lives on 20 acres of wooded land, dotted with Spruce trees, Pines, low shrubs and a small Apple Orcha...

boccesThe Rules of Boules

The Rules of Boules

How to Play Boules, an Underrated Game for Family and Friends This article refers to the rules and background for boules/petanque, a French game similar to bocce. Garrett Wade sells a Set of Boule...

gardeningHow to Grow Your Own Victory Garden

How to Grow Your Own Victory Garden

The early 20th century call to grow your own fruits and vegetables finds new meaning in the age of COVID-19. When victory gardens first took root just as the United States was entering the first...

butter knifeButter Knife Crafting: A How-To

Butter Knife Crafting: A How-To

In these strange times of Stay at Home Orders and pandemic isolation, many of us are finding solace in creative expression. Whether that means caring for your sourdough starter like it’s a newly ad...

Cooking2 Simple Italian Recipes You Need to Try This Summer

2 Simple Italian Recipes You Need to Try This Summer

Take your tastebuds on a tour of Italy while staying safe at home this summer. Decades before ‘farm-to-table’ became a buzzword in the United States, fresh, regional, and seasonal cooking was the ...