which takes place Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 29 to Dec. 21. From pressed flowers to unusual fruits, dried peppers, and nuts and berries, the garden offers a long list of fun and unique bits ...

When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

Mary's easy Christmas trifle with dried fruit compôte and lashings of ... reserving 2 apricots and 5 cranberries for decoration. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 40 minutes.

Whether you're hanging lights on tricky brick surfaces, keeping your Christmas ... fruit. You can also tie long pieces of ribbon around mini pretzels and even dried pasta. Once you take ...