Having trouble feeling the Christmas spirit?  Go into your pantry, grab your bottle of Star Anise.  Open the top, place your nose close to the opening and inhale deeply..........  Christmas in a bottle! Call me crazy, but I've been dreaming about Cherries over the last few weeks.  I don't know exactly why but I'm sure it has to do with some coagulation of yearning for Summer fruits, my red obsession that occurs for only, and I do mean only 1 … [Read more...]