columbia home & garden - winter 2012
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This Winter we're featuring Charleston as our Getaway, Mamellias, Art by Amy Reynolds, Mary Middleton's Kitchen Fancy, Taking a look at how to best use passive solar energy, and Mezza, The Vista's Lebanese Connection.TRANSCRIPT
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Table of Contents
FeaturesCamellias in Bloom
Mary Syrett shares her love of camellias: different varieties, their history, the way they fit
naturally into the Midlands area.
Art and Soul Amy Reynolds’ dream has come true: providing a school for the arts where
children can learn the joy of expression through music,
theater, and art.
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Mary Middleton’s Kitchen FancyA kitchen designed for convenience, beauty, and utility: a backdrop for an avid pottery collector.
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40The Getaway Charleston
Honors 7 William Thrift Award
Departments 6 Staff • 32 Artist Notes 47 Planting Points • 48 Wine Corner • 50 Advertiser Index
Columbia CooksMezza: The Vista’s Lebanese ConnectionA Columbia couple, Pam and Elie Abikhaled, achieve their dream of opening an authentic Lebanese restaurant and share some of their favorite recipes.
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Cover StoryMary Middleton takes advantage of the abundance of light in the breakfast area of her newly renovated kitchen by hanging some of her collection of art objects in the surrounding windows. Cover Photography by John Wrightenberry
34 Making the Sun our Energy AllyTaking a look at how to effect the best use of passive solar in energy savings. Part One of a series on solar energy.
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The Duet of AMY
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Mary Middleton keeps an eye out for things that appeal to her, and she
treasures what she acquires.
Mary Middleton’s Kitchen
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Artist Notes
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Our Energy Ally
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!e Vista’s Leba nese ConnectionWhen you think of Old World cuisine, people usually conjure up images of hearty European standards like
coq au vin, shepherd’s pie, or Wiener Schnitzel. But there is an even older world out there,
a world that literally gave Europe its alphabet.
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Planting Points
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