March/April 2022

Victoria

Decorating, Traveling, Entertaining

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Phyllis Hoffman DePiano EDITOR Melissa Lester ASSOCIATE EDITORS Karen Callaway, Leslie Bennett Smith ASSISTANT EDITOR Kassidy Abernathy SENIOR COPY EDITOR Rhonda Lee Lother EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Lydia McMullen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Deann
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Editor’s Letter
An enthusiastic child alighting on my doorstep, spring fills my window with loveliness, beckoning me out of doors with all the persistence and charm of playmates from my youth. As frosty weather melts into mild temperatures and watery grays give rise
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Victoriamag.com
Visit our website to read this issue’s online stories and to find more of the content you love. Take a closer look at some of our favorite March/April features: Survey the varied charms of a region of New England, where billowing fields meet rolling
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Traveling Companions
I recently shared the trip of a lifetime with my cousin, Evelyn. In the early 1900s, our Finnish grandmother, Esteri, immigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen. After the passing of our parents, Evelyn and I decided to connect with our f
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The Nose Knows
When I was forty-six, I discovered my sense of smell. Or rather, it discovered me, scents suddenly arriving in waves where before there might have been wafts. Why did it happen? Shifting hormones are the likely culprit, but all I know is that when th
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Lesley Holmes
ARTWORK COURTESY LESLEY HOLMES: THIS PAGE, DAPPLED COTTAGE; OPPOSITE, ANNE HATHAWAY’S COTTAGE. ■
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Exploring the Farm Coast
The sun focuses its ancient eyes on the fertile farms and fecund vineyards nestled along the water’s edge, vanishing the morning mist to reveal newly greened meadows and nascent crops peeking from the warmed soil. New England’s Farm Coast has awakene
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A Teatime Ode to The Enchanted April
SEE RECIPE INDEX, PAGE 101, FOR RECIPE INFORMATION. Find this menu for The Enchanted April at victoriamag.com.
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Gently Tended, Lovingly Sown
In early April, Blithewold opens its gates to the public, beckoning hopeful romantics to come and behold the famed daffodil displays. Across the 33-acre Rhode Island estate, tens of thousands of these darling yellow blossoms eagerly embrace the sprin
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A View to Forever
High school sweethearts Melba and Chris Dawley have resided in the amiable, arts-centric community of Northport, Alabama, for all thirty-eight years of their married life, but it wasn’t until just a few years ago that they built their forever home in
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Until We Meet Again
When they received invitations for a gathering with Emily Kontos, guests suspected that a retrospective afternoon was in store. The social media influencer behind The Thrifted Table revealed only that a spring picnic was planned, but they knew it wou
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Once Upon a Field of Tulips
New England winters are long, with gray skies, sub-freezing temperatures, and snow-draped landscapes. It’s a picturesque wonderland to be sure, but it leaves Vermonters yearning for even a hint of the glorious spring to come. To the delight of her Wa
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Pretty Porte-Couteaux
A shining token of the tabletop, the knife rest was popularized in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, although rudimentary wooden versions may have been used as early as during the reign of Henry VIII. The instrument was devised as a s
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Petals of Perfection
Blossoms of tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths begin to bud in Hungary’s capital city as the last drifts of winter snow melt away like honey in a warm cup of tea. Eszter Kanyári rolls out a special mixture called CMC paste, the first of many steps in t
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A Pen for Your Thoughts
The view gazing out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in Choosing Keeping reveals the city’s first signs of spring: budding tulips and bright daffodils. But inside the redbrick shop, a wondrous host of stationery accoutrements, boldly patterned accesso
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Hand-Painted History
Claud Cecil Gurney appreciates the drama that luxurious wallcoverings bring to a room. When he established de Gournay in 1984, his priority was to create new interpretations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century exotic paintings and panels using both
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Spring Brunch
SEE RECIPE INDEX, PAGE 101, FOR RECIPE INFORMATION. ■
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Recipe Index
Begins on page 33 Makes 8 2 cups all-purpose flour¼ cup granulated sugar2 teaspoons baking powder2 teaspoons lemon zest½ teaspoon kosher salt¼ teaspoon ground anise seed¼ cup cold unsalted butter, cubed½ cup chopped pine nuts, toasted½ cup raisins¼ t
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Where to Shop & Buy
Pages 13–14: Erica Bauermeister is The New York Times best-selling author of four novels, including The Scent Keeper. Her most recent work is the memoir House Lessons: Renovating a Life. To learn more about Erica, visit ericabauermeister.com. Pages 1
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Chimes
Spring always seemed to appear quite suddenly in the South—slipping past our mild winters unnoticed, leaving a trail of yellow daffodils, bright green buds on the trees, and delicately blushing dogwood blooms everywhere. I was always looking for thes

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