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House
To
Home
In the garden
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 17, 2015
On the table
Picking chili
Christmas
2D
2D
ROAST BEEF
PEPPERS
Right at Home
Wrap big
color onto
presents
W
KIM
hy settle for run-of-the-mill holiday gift
wrapping when there are dozens of wonderful papers available? This year’s designs reflect what’s going on in decor, with
metallics of all kinds, and
masculine and feminine
motifs playing off each
other, says Krissa Rossbund, senior style editor at
Traditional Home magazine.
And as with home decor,
there’s also room for
adding your own touch.
YIN AND YANG
“There’s wonderful visual tension right now in design that has a masculine
slant,” Rossbund says. For
instance, The Container
Store’s got a repeating deer
COOK
print on a blue background,
and a handsome gold antler print on
black; both have a menswear
vibe, great for
wrapping
guy gifts.
(www.con-
tainerstore.com
)
Rifle
Paper
Company’s got
some designs that
aren’t
overly
Christmas-y yet
In this photo provided by Zazzle, evoke the season.
Lace
large, colorful ornaments tumble Graphite
across an eye-catching, almost 3-D puts a feminine
wrapping paper from Zazzle designer print on a chic
Unique Christmas Gifts. (Zazzle via AP) gray background.
Holiday Greens
renders flowers
and greenery in rich, earthy hues. Blush, mint, charcoal,
gold and cream in a similar print make for a Winter Wonderland. (www.riflepaperco.com )
Pier 1 has a realistic, birch-bark printed paper, and a
homespun plaid that reverses to poinsettias and holly.
(www.pier1.com )
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This photo provide by Pier 1 Imports shows a versatile
wrap that has season-ready poinsettias on one side, and
holiday wishes rendered in chalkboard-style typography on
the other. (Pier 1 Imports via AP)
1D
Bow alternatives
Year of
pompoms,
tassels, for
packages
By JENNIFER FORKER
Associated Press
It’s the year of the tassel in
gift wrapping.
This holiday season, in lieu
of the traditional bow,
lifestyles magazines are
showing tassels and pompoms adorning brightly
wrapped packages and wine
bottles.
“We’re seeing tassels on everything ... on pillows, throws,
in fashion and in jewelry,”
says Amy Panos, deputy editor of Home Design for Better
Homes and Gardens magazine.
Other creative gift toppers
might include washi tape,
cupcake liners, fabric, wire or
tree sprigs.
Panos recommends “going
big” — make the tassel large,
or top the gift with a giant, tissue-paper pompom.
“The bigger the better,” she
says. “That’s what makes
something look festive and
modern.”
Tassels may be purchased
for a few dollars, but are easy
to make, says Marcie McGoldrick, editorial director of
crafts for Martha Stewart Living.
Homemade ones “have a
more considered, personal
feel,” she says. “They’re great
for hostess gifts atop a wine
bottle.”
Usually crafted with yarn or
thread, tassels can also be
made with tissue and other paper. Better Homes’ December
issue uses brown Kraft paper,
but scrapbook or construction
In these photos provided
by HGTV, alternatives to traditional bows are shown for
wrapping presents. Included
are, above, colorful yarn
pom-poms; at left, a gift topper made by bending 8gauge wire into the shape of
a letter then wrap it with
yarn or ribbon and glue to
adhere; and, inset at far left,
a leather tassel adorns a
bottle of wine. Often inexpensive to buy, tassels also
can be made from thread,
yarn, even paper for decoration on holiday gifts. (HGTV
via AP)
paper works too. Panos suggests using metallic paper or
incorporating several colors in
the same tassel. She says solid
colors — not patterned paper
— work best.
“It looks really subdued and
elegant,” she says.
The tassels can be saved and
hung as ornaments from a
tree, wreath or light fixture,
Panos says.
For packages that need to be
shipped or stacked flat, she
recommends weaving ribbons
of different sizes and colors in
a simple pattern — crossing
one over another and attaching them in the back. Or use
washi tape, which comes in
many colors and holiday-
themed patterns.
Add a fringed “belly band”
around the midsection of a
gift: Cut a strip of crepe paper
long enough to fit the package
(either lengthwise or widthwise), fold it lengthwise and
cut slits along the edges to
fringe. Reopen, flatten and attach to package and top with a
coordinating color of ribbon.
More creative alternatives
to bows:
Add flattened cupcake liners to the tops and corners of
packages, says McGoldrick.
“They add dimension and texture and come in great colors.”
 To create a monogram,
bend 8-gauge wire to form an
initial, and then wrap it with
yarn or thin ribbon and glue
the yarn ends to the wire. Attach it to the package with
matching yarn or ribbon, says
Kayla Kitts, special projects
editor for HGTV.com.
 Make a gift tag from fabric glued to cardstock, and attach it to the package with ribbon, Kitts says.
 Use the eraser end of a
pencil, dipped in paint, to create a design or image on a
package wrapped in Kraft paper, says Kitts. “It adds that
personalized touch.”
 Wrap gifts in a square of
inexpensive, holiday-themed
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
House to Home
Beef roast
celebratory,
easy for
Christmas
This recent
photo shows
Burpee Sweet
Thunderbolt peppers, growing in a
greenhouse near
Langley,
Wash.The pepper
is a giant among
pepper varieties,
growing 10 to 13
inches in length.
They’re also big
in flavor and a favorite for baking
and grilling.
(Dean Fosdick via
AP)
Choosing chili peppers a challenge
By DEAN FOSDICK
Associated Press
There are hundreds of chili
pepper varieties from which
to choose for the home garden, so it pays to know which
deliver the most flavor and
which pack the most heat.
Others are popular simply for
their looks.
“Color is a big factor,” said
Robert Westerfield, a horticulturist with University of
Georgia Extension. “People
are very color-conscious.
Most peppers in the garden
are green but if you leave
them in the ground long
enough, they change colors.
They sell a lot better with
color.”
Curiosity also drives purchases, said Dave DeWitt, an
adjunct associate professor at
New Mexico State University and co-author of “The
Field Guide to Peppers”
(Timber Press, 2015).
“There’s something appealing about taking visitors out
to the garden and showing
them ‘the hottest pepper in
the world,’” he said.
Super-hot varieties, in fact,
have become the most popular of the 500 different sweet
and hot pepper plants sold by
Janie Lamson, owner of
Cross Country Nurseries in
Rosemount, N.J., and co-author with DeWitt of “The
Field Guide to Peppers.”
“While some buy one super-hot for curiosity, others
do enjoy them and buy in
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HAVING FUN
Yummy, photo-printed
gingerbread cooks up a luscious paper at Zazzle.
Black may not seem like a
seasonal color, but with
brightly colored ornaments,
holiday lights or reindeer in
the foreground, you have a
paper that pops. The retailer
also has some personalized
options that let you add a
family photo or name to a
design of your choice.
(www.zazzle.com )
Royal-blue paper studded
with glitter creates an elegant wrap at Paper Source.
And for fun, there’s a
Hanukkah paper populated
with herds of llamas. A
page
of
hand-drawn
Hanukkah wishes in white
on blue would be just as
pretty framed as it would be
as
wrapping
paper.
(www.papersource.com )
CLASS ACT
At Paper Mojo, find
some art papers perfect for
small and special gifts. One
quantity,” Lamson said.
“Gardeners are making hot
sauce like crazy now and giving it as gifts, using all sorts
of varieties.
“They also are experimenting with more unusual and
different varieties, using
them to make new dishes, often from other ethnicities. It
does seem that our tastes for
different cuisines have
evolved and expanded.”
Peppers are tender perennials, but most are grown as annuals because of their vulnerability to frost, Lamson said.
“We do have customers in
Alaska,” she said. “As long
as there is decent weather for
60 to 70 days, you can grow
early season varieties.”
Peppers need sun and
warm temperatures, but very
hot weather will cause plants
to abort their buds. “Folks in
Florida have issues when the
heat is high,” Lamson said.
Peppers can be grown
from seed but most gardeners choose transplants for
easier planting, she said.
“Seeding takes a long time
and is not always easy, especially for beginners.”
Some chili pepper varieties
to consider for:
 Roasting. Colorado or
California reds, Giant Marconi.
 Eating raw. Jalapeno and
Jimmy Nardello. Both are
relatively mild, especially
when young.
 Canning and pickling.
Banana
(Big
Bertha,
Camelot), cherry and Serrano. The latter makes a good
salsa.
 Heat. Habaneras are real
tearjerkers. “Unless you dilute them tremendously, the
super-hots are not very edible,” DeWitt said.
 Ornamentals. Chili peppers may never outsell poinsettias for holiday decorating
but they’re becoming a hot
alternative. Try orange and
black species for Halloween,
red and black for Christmas,
or pink to red for Valentine’s
Day.
Be careful, though, when
processing super-hot varieties for the kitchen, DeWitt
said.
“Always wear gloves when
cutting them open,” he said.
“Capsaicin (a colorless,
odorless irritant found only
in peppers) will get onto your
hands and other sensitive
parts of your body. The pain
is extreme although temporary after flushing with water, but it’s not something
you want to do.”
refined, color-saturated paper is hand-marbled by
Brazilian artist Renato
Crepaldi.
“We were originally attracted to Renato’s work
because of his vibrant colors and crisp lines,” says
company
co-founder
Shelly
Gardner-Alley.
“He’s exhibited his work in
art galleries around the
world.”
The retailer also has
Japanese prints known as
“chiyogami” silkscreened
onto papers made with kozo plant fibers, available on
special order. And an Indian paper is embossed with
myriad metallic pebbles,
giving the impression that
you’re wrapping something in hammered gold.
Also, there are Snow &
Graham’s striking yet simple papers: Designs include
ribbon candy and holiday
lights. (www.papermojo.com)
Recycled cotton fiber is
used to make eco-friendly
papers at Luxe Paperie. On
one, silvery reindeer strut
across a rich yellow back-
ground; on another, a gold,
French, damask-inspired
design on deep red looks
like luxe linen. Mod Moroccan and ikat patterns are
rendered in soy inks on recycled content paper.
(www.luxepaperie.com )
PERSONAL TOUCH
Rossbund suggests making gift wrap your own by
opting for a solid “signature” color. Opt for a couple
of big rolls in colors you
love, and then customize
them with add-ons like contrasting ribbon bows or
even yarn.
“A skein of yarn is a costfriendly solution and adds a
welcoming warm texture to
packages that’s reminiscent
of a cozy sweater,” she
says. “Get creative using
knots instead of bows for a
simple, graphic appearance.”
Think beyond the giftwrap roll, if you want. Foreign-language newspapers,
and pages from children’s
books or coffee-table art
books make interesting
wrapping paper.
Online:
 For more, see this
University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension
Service fact sheet: http:
www.uaex.edu/publications/pdf/FSA6015.pdf
By J.M. HIRSCH
AP Food Editor
It’s the malleability of
Christmas dinner that can
make it so challenging to
plan. Which is to say,
choice can be intimidating.
At Thanksgiving, it’s
about the turkey. Valentine’s Day demands chocolate. Easter? Ham or lamb.
And Fourth of July is all
burgers and dogs all the
time. But Christmas doesn’t
enjoy a similar food association that presets the menu
as happens with so many
other holidays. (And Christmas goose doesn’t count
because that only happens
in Dickens’ novels.) All of
which tends to leave us
scrambling.
When I was a kid, my
mother often did ham. Not
because we loved it or it felt
special, but because my
mother is vegan and it was
easy for her to cook. When I
was a teenager, we switched
to mountains of shrimp with
butter. Also easy, and because why not? After I got
married, we started eating
Italian. Not because we’re
Italian, but because pasta
and meatballs is a quick and
easy meal to assemble in
the midst of the gifting and
visiting chaos.
It wasn’t until a couple
years ago that I finally settled on something that not
only was easy, but also felt
celebratory. A massive beef
roast. Not earth shattering,
of course. But for some reason it took nearly 40 years
for me to reach this point.
Tender and juicy, a roast
feels indulgent. And when
treated right, it can pack
tons of flavor. But it also is
utterly simple to prepare.
So I’m sharing my Christmas beef roast recipe,
which gets intense savory
flavors from a rub of fresh
rosemary and cracked peppercorns. All you need to do
is rub it on the meat, pop it
in the oven, then head back
This recent photo shows rosemary pepper roast beef with
butter potatoes in Concord, NH. Add intense savory flavors
from a rub of fresh rosemary and cracked peppercorns to your
roast beef for a festive Christmas dinner. (AP photo)
to the festivities. This
recipe even makes its own
side dish — butter-roasted
potatoes that bathe in the
juices of the meat.
ROSEMARY-PEPPER
ROAST BEEF WITH
BUTTER POTATOES
Start to finish: 2 hours 15
minutes (15 minutes active)
Servings: 10
2 pounds new or other
small potatoes
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter,
melted
2 tablespoons black or
mixed peppercorns
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/4 cup fresh rosemary
leaves
1/4 cup olive oil
4- to 5-pound top sirloin
roast (also called top butt
or spoon roast), trimmed
and tied
1/2 cup white wine
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Heat the oven to 400 F.
In a 9-by-14-inch metal
(stovetop-safe)
roasting
pan, combine the potatoes
and melted butter. Toss to
coat, then arrange in a single layer. Set aside.
In a mini food processor
or blender, combine the
peppercorns, salt and rosemary. Process until well
chopped, but not pureed.
Transfer to a small bowl
and stir in the olive oil.
Slather the mixture thickly
over the entire roast. Set the
roast over the potatoes, then
cover with foil and roast for
20 minutes. Remove the
foil and continue roasting
for another 45 minutes. Reduce the oven to 350 F and
roast for another 45 minutes, or until the meat
reaches 120 F at the center.
Use tongs to transfer the
roast to a serving platter.
Cover with foil, then with
several kitchen towels to
stay warm.
Set the roasting pan with
the potatoes over 1 or 2
burners on medium heat on
the stovetop. Add the wine
and cook, stirring gently,
until any browned bits from
the bottom of the pan are
released and the sauce
thickens, about 3 minutes.
Stir in the lemon juice.
Slice the roast thinly, then
serve with the potatoes.
Spoon the pan sauce over
the potatoes.
Nutrition information per
serving: 440 calories; 170
calories from fat (39 percent of total calories); 19 g
fat (7 g saturated; 0.5 g
trans fats); 150 mg cholesterol; 720 mg sodium; 17 g
carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1 g
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fabric with the corners gathered and tied at the top; it’s
called “furoshiki,” a Japanese
term, and works especially
well for small gifts.
 Go outdoors and snip
something green and wintry
(think evergreen). Panos recommends tucking small
pinecones, pine branches or
holly into a package tied with
ribbon. If those aren’t in your
vicinity, use what you have,
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14195 W. US 41
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100 Houghton St.
Negaunee
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4533 N. Helen Lake Rd.
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2013 Deer Lake Ave.
Ishpeming
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1088529
3951 Co. Rd. KCB
Big Bay
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341 S. Second St.
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