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Features Editor’s Letter pg. 8 Extended Holiday Recipe Section pg. 11 It’s the most wonderful time of the year, especially for foodies.

Our holiday recipes are a little bit hip, a little bit classic and all delicious.

Holiday Budgeting pg. 45 When you have so many people to buy for, how do you stick to a budget during the holidays? We called in an expert.

Thanksgiving Trimmings • pg. 37

Tamara Durham goes all out for the holidays, and Thanksgiving is no exception.

Home for the Holidays • pg. 51

The Cockrells mix old and new while decorating for Christmas in their cozy Joyner cottage.

Coffee Roasters • pg. 63

The fresher the coffee, the better the taste. Luckily, you can get a fresh cup from any of these local roasters.

Mawufemor • pg. 69

African-inspired bags, clothes and other handmade goods are Daniela Rogers’ way of bringing a piece of home to Mississippi.

Holiday Gift Guide • pg. 79

DIY Napkin Ring pg. 59 An easy way to make your Thanksgiving guests think you’re a Pinterest pro.

Taproot Pottery pg. 94 Inspired by the Earth and her faith, Charis Brightwell makes pottery to bring people together.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments pg. 106 Make these gingerbread ornaments as a Christmas craft with the kids and decorate with them for years to come.

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Editor’s Letter

It’s so easy to get caught up in the rush of life. This particularly becomes a challenge for me when the holidays are in full swing. And I always have the best intentions to slow down and embrace the moments with gratitude, but then I inevitably fall back into the frenzy. This year, a couple friends and I decided to share five things we are grateful for each morning during this season. We’re only on day two, but it’s hard to have a bad day when you take time to recognize all the blessings you’ve been given. I encourage you to do it with me and I would love to hear from you on other ways you stay intentional during the holidays. Being intentional doesn’t mean I’m not going to do all the holiday activities, though. I love this season and all that comes with it. I love shopping for gifts I know will get the sweetest squeal from the little girls that hold my heart. I love gathering around food and drinks with friends and family I’m so blessed to call mine. I’m planning a friendsgiving gathering this year and the DIY napkin ring holders on page 59 are sure to make an appearance. And the pinwheels on page 27 and the pumpkin juice on page 13 will definitely be on the menu. Since I have a growing clan of nieces and nephews, I’ll be using our holiday gift guide (pg.79) for gift ideas, but before I do anything, I’m going to go back to Trey Trapp’s column on budgeting for the holiday season (pg.45). Let’s make this holiday season the best yet, friends.

Let us focus on what truly matters and carry gratitude throughout it all.

If you have any thoughts about this issue, please email me at editor@mudandmag.com.

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Recipes PEANUT BRITTLE Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup water 1 cup butter 16 ounces roasted peanuts 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla Directions: Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon baking mats. In a large saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a full boil, about 10 to 12 minutes. Add butter and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches soft crack stage on a candy thermometer. If you don’t have a candy thermometer, it is ready when a mixture forms strands that hold shape but are pliable. This takes about 15 to 25 minutes, but increase heat slowly if needed. Continue cooking, increasing heat slowly, until candy reaches hard crack stage on the thermometer. At this point, mixture forms strands that hold shape and break when flexed. This takes about 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in peanuts, and then vanilla and baking soda. Pour mixture immediately onto prepared sheets and spread to 1/4-inch thickness.

Allow to cool completely, and break into pieces.

PUMPKIN JUICE Ingredients: 2 liters apple cider Half of a 15-ounce can of pumpkin puree 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher and stir well. Pour over ice in individual glasses to serve. Stir again before each serving.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH QUINOA SALAD Ingredients: 1 small butternut squash, about 3 cups, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup uncooked quinoa 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1/3 cup chopped Italian parsley 1/3 cup thinly sliced scallions 1/2 cup roasted salted pumpkin seeds 1/2 cup Feta cheese 1/2 cup fresh pomegranate seeds Salt and pepper Balsamic glaze Directions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place butternut squash on the baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 25 to 30 minutes, until squash is tender and beginning to brown around edges. Heat the remaining olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the quinoa to the pan and toast for 3-4 minutes, stirring often. Add the chicken or vegetable stock and a pinch of salt.

Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover the pan; cook for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the quinoa has absorbed all of the liquid. Take the pan off the heat and allow the quinoa to rest for 5 minutes, covered. Fluff with a fork. Transfer quinoa to a large serving bowl. Gently fold in butternut squash, cranberries, parsley, scallions, pumpkin seeds, feta cheese and pomegranate seeds. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle balsamic glaze over top.

CARAMELIZED ONION AND BACON WREATH DIP Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter, divided 1 cup slivered onions 1/2 cup low-sodium beef broth 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 8 ounces sour cream

5 slices bacon, cooked, crumbled and divided 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided 11-ounce can refrigerated French bread dough 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives Directions: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in medium skillet on medium heat.

Add onions; cook 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently.

Stir in beef broth and Worcestershire sauce and bring to a boil. Cook 8-10 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Let cool. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cream cheese and sour cream in a bowl until blended.

Add onions and mix well. Reserve 1 tablespoon bacon and 1/4 cup Parmesan for later use; stir remaining bacon and Parmesan into cream cheese mixture.

Cut bread dough into 16 slices; stand around edge of 10-inch cast-iron skillet, with cut sides of bread against side of skillet and overlapping edges of bread slices if necessary to fit. Spoon cream cheese mixture into center of skillet, spreading to edges of dough. Sprinkle top of dip with reserved bacon and Parmesan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until bread is golden brown and dip is heated through. Melt remaining butter; brush onto bread. Sprinkle chives over dip and serve warm.

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CAKE ROLL Ingredients: For the cake 4 large eggs, separated 1/2 cup + 1/3 cup sugar, divided 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup water For the filling 8 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup butter

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For the ganache 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips Peppermint candies, crushed for topping Directions: Preheat the over to 375 degrees. Grease a jelly roll pan (15x10 inch, we used a 12x17 inch one) and line with parchment paper. Do not cut away excess paper. Grease and flour paper. Beat egg whites in large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/2 cup granulated sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Beat egg yolks and vanilla in medium bowl on medium speed for 3 minutes. Gradually add remaining 1/3 cup sugar, continue beating for 2 additional minutes. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.

Add to egg yolk mixture alternatively with water, beating on low speed until batter is just smooth. Gradually fold chocolate mixture into beaten egg whites until well blended, but do not over mix. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool in the pan for ONE minute.

Lift the parchment paper and cake onto a flat surface. Immediately, while the cake is still hot, starting at one of the short ends, use your hands to slowly roll the cake and parchment paper all the way up. Allow the rolled up cake to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Transfer to the fridge and chill for an additional 30 minutes. While the cake is cooling, mix the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and peppermint extract together until fluffy and smooth. Gently stir in crushed peppermint candies, saving a handful for sprinkling on the ganache. Once the cake has completely cooled, unroll it very carefully. Smooth the filling in an even layer over the cake. Roll up the cake, without he parchment paper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour. Heat heavy cream in a saucepan until hot. Pour over chocolate and stir continuously until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Allow the ganache to cool for several minutes to thicken.

Gently pour desired amount of ganache over the top of the peppermint roll.

Sprinkle crushed peppermint candies on top. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.

SPARKLING APPLE COCKTAIL Ingredients: 1.5 ounces rye whiskey 1/2 ounce rosemary simple syrup 1/2 ounce lemon juice Sparkling water Apple cider Bitters Sprig of rosemary and slice of apple for garnish For the rosemary simple syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 3 sprigs fresh rosemary Directions: Make the rosemary simple syrup: Add sugar and water to a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Once sugar is dissolved, remove from the heat and add rosemary. Cool and strain, pouring the simple syrup into a container for storage. Keep refrigerated until using (make sure container is sealed tightly. In a cocktail glass, stir together whiskey, simple syrup and lemon juice. Add ice. Top with apple cider, a splash of sparkling water and a dash of bitters.

Garnish with fresh rosemary and an apple slice.

MARINATED FETA Ingredients: 2 teaspoons whole coriander seeds 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds 1 teaspoon dried crushed red chile flakes 1 teaspoon dried basil 2 teaspoons fresh grated orange peel 1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil 1 pound feta cheese Directions: Combine the coriander, cumin and crushed red pepper flakes in a small frying pan over medium heat. Shake pan gently until spices are fragrant, about 1 minute. Transfer to a medium mixing bowl. Add the basil, grated orange peel and olive oil and stir gently to combine. Slice the feta cheese into 3/4-inch squares. Layer the feta squares into glass jars, leaving about 1/2-inch headroom in jars. Pour the oil mixture into the jar, covering the feta completely. Seal tightly and refrigerate 24 hours. You can also put feta in a bowl or other container, just be sure the oil and spice mixture covers the feta and

the container is tightly sealed. Remove feta after 24 hours and serve on skewers or toothpicks.

HERB ROASTED CARROTS AND PARSNIPS Ingredients: 1 pound parsnips, peeled 1 pound carrots, peeled 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons, divided 6 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh minced rosemary 2 tablespoons fresh chopped thyme leaves 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut large parsnips or carrots in half lengthwise, otherwise leave whole.

Cut all in half horizontally so they are all half size (in order for the vegetables to cook correctly, they need to be uniform in size). Place all in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine olive oil, garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper. Pour mixture over carrots and parsnips and toss to coat. Pour out onto a sheet pan in a single layer and roast for 15 minutes. Flip vegetables and roast for about 10 to 15 minutes more, until browned and tender.

PUMPKIN TWISTS Ingredients: 1 large egg 2 teaspoons water 4 sheets of puff pastry, thawed 1 cup canned plain pumpkin 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together egg and water, set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Unfold puff pastry sheets, dividing pumpkin mixture evenly onto each piece of the pastry.

Spread it into an even layer. Starting at one end, roll the pastry forming a log.

Using a sharp knife, cut a line down the center of the log, leaving 1 inch at the top connected. Twist the two pieces together, making sure the pumpkin filling sides face up. Form the twisted

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pastry into a circle by connecting the two ends together. Continue until all pastries have been formed. Brush the pastries lightly with the egg wash, and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes.

CREAMY SPINACH BAKE Ingredients: 3 (10-ounce) packages frozen spinach 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/4 cup finely chopped shallots 2 to 3 large garlic cloves, minced 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes Freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan Directions: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Thaw spinach according to package directions. Wring out with paper towels or a clean dishcloth to get as much water out of the spinach as possible. While spinach is thawing, melt butter in a saucepan on medium heat.

Add shallots and cook until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 20 seconds. Add the thawed spinach, cream cheese, salt, red pepper flakes and black pepper and mix until well combined. Transfer the mixture to a medium baking dish and top with bread crumbs and Parmesan. Bake until topping is golden and spinach is warmed through, about 10 to 15 minutes.

FRENCH ONION PINWHEELS Ingredients: Cooking spray 2 tablespoons butter 2 large onions, thinly sliced 2 sprigs fresh thyme Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper All-purpose flour, for surface 2 8-ounce cans crescent dough 8 slices provolone cheese 1/2 pound deli roast beef 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves For the au jus 1 tablespoon butter 1 garlic clove, minced 1 1/2 cups low-sodium beef stock

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves Directions: Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9-x-13 baking pan with cooking spray. In a large skillet over mediumhigh heat, melt butter. Add onion and thyme sprigs and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions begin to soften and turn golden, about 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper and reduce heat to medium. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and caramelized, 10 to 15 minutes more. Assemble pinwheels: On a lightly floured surface, unroll crescent dough and separate into two rectangles. Pinch together seams. Top each rectangle with provolone, roast beef, and caramelized onions. Starting with the short side, roll up each rectangle. Be sure to roll tightly. Pinch edges to seal, then cut each roll into slices and place cut sideup in baking dish. Sprinkle with thyme leaves. Bake until dough is golden, about 35 minutes. While the rolls are baking, make au jus: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, Worcestershire and thyme and season with salt and pepper.

Simmer until slightly reduced, about 10 minutes. Serve pinwheels warm with au jus for dipping.

WHITE CHRISTMAS MOJITO PUNCH Ingredients: 1 cup lime juice 1/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup white rum 1/4 cup coconut rum 1 cup canned coconut milk Sparkling water Pomegranate arils for garnish Directions: In a large pitcher, muddle lime juice, sugar and mint leaves until the leaves have broken down. Combine the white rum, coconut rum and coconut milk in a blender and pulse until smooth. Pour over the mint/lime/ sugar mixture and stir to combine. Chill until ready to serve. To serve, put ice in glasses and fill halfway with the mojito mix. Top with sparkling water, mint and pomegranate arils. M

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amra Durham always enjoyed decorating, even when she was a teenager. Although she briefly worked as an interior decorator, she now puts those skills to work in her own home — especially for holidays, and not just Christmas.

Durham goes all out for every holiday, but she admits Christmas is her favorite. In mid-October, every room and surface of Durham’s Tupelo home includes a festive touch.

She’s not in Christmas mode yet, though.

Fall is in the air at Durham’s home. The towering pumpkin topiaries and countless gourds, squash and pumpkins on her front porch are just an inkling of what’s inside. Through the front door, everything is autumn. There are plaid pillows in orange and gold hues, decorative pumpkins and turkeys, all kinds of apples and fall candles glowing softly among the decor.

There’s Thanksgiving china on the dining room table, and the breakfast table is set in similarly seasonal plates featuring

falling leaves. She also has several sets of pilgrims standing on tables, dressers and trays, including her favorite pair: two particularly colorful pilgrims given to her by her sister.

This year, Durham decorated more than usual for fall and Thanksgiving because she’s hosting her family’s holiday festivities. Come Nov. 22, she’ll have a house full with her children and grandchildren visiting from out of town.

“They don’t come home for Thanksgiving very often, so I’m doing more than I normally do,” Durham said.

She really wants those visits to be special for her grandchildren, so they’ll have fond memories of the time they spent at her house. In fact, some of Durham’s favorite memories from her own childhood include decorating the house for Christmas with a tree her family went out to cut down themselves.

“I think it’s very important to make memories with children and grandchildren,” she said. “I try to make it fun for them.”

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Durham and her husband both retired from their jobs with the American Family Association last year. Now, they have plenty of time to spend decorating for each holiday.

“He thinks I go a little overboard, but he’s a good sport about it and he helps me quite a bit,” she said of her husband.

She got into decorating partially because her mother owned a flower shop, which Durham said taught her to love pretty things and to have fun with them at home.

“My sister and I both learned a lot about decorating from her,” she said of her mother.

Durham has collected quite a few decorations over the years, especially for Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas. She’s still adding to her arsenal, though, and she buys new decorations each year when she finds them on sale or sees something that really catches her eye.

“I shouldn’t, but I do,” she said. Even the morning we visited her home in October, she had been to Hobby Lobby to pick up a few more pieces of fall decor. “I just love it.” M

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he first step to any successful budget is to spend some quality time preparing it by putting pen to paper. Studies show you are 42 percent more likely to achieve your financial goals if you write them down. This process forces you to strategize an action plan and allows you to revisit the plan to track and chart your progress. But a budget alone is not the end. Set up times to review this budget periodically to make sure you are still on schedule.

To begin, you need to take a look at your current finances and figure out a budget that will not jeopardize your ability to meet your normal monthly expenses. Estimate the amount of income you are expecting during this time period, and then factor in your fixed monthly costs including mortgage/ rent, insurance, utilities, groceries, etc. You don’t want to put yourself in a bind financially because of overspending during the holidays. The holidays are stressful enough. Don’t add to the stress by creating unnecessary financial woes.

Create a list of all the people for whom you wish to purchase gifts — family, friends, co-workers, and anyone else. Then attach a dollar amount for each, and stick to that dollar amount. Knowing your spending goals long beforehand will help you stay on track as the holiday season progresses. When a gift item is identified, check multiple sources for the best deal. Comparison shopping locally for the best price is a great way to save money. If you look online, be sure to take into account shipping costs and gift wrapping charges. Once you have purchased a gift for a person, cross that name off the list.

This will help you to avoid any last-minute impulse buys. Save your receipts so that you can compare the amount you spent

with each budgeted entry.

Plan ahead when holiday shopping. Buy a few gifts at a time instead of waiting to buy them all at once or at the last minute. It is far easier to spend small amounts spread out over several different times than it is to budget for a larger lumpsum purchase for all gifts at once. Planning ahead will also potentially allow you to take advantage of “Black Friday” deals.

Another tip to help control and curb any unnecessary spending is to pay with cash whenever possible. Leave your credit and debit cards at home when holiday shopping. This mentally forces you to stick to your budget because you only have a certain amount of cash on hand. If you do use a credit card for holiday purchases, pay off the amount in full when your bill comes in to avoid credit card finance charges.

The same rules apply for any expected travel over the holidays. Plan ahead. Research. Look online. Comparison shopping has never been easier than it is right now because there are so many websites that offer potential discounts on travel and lodging. Factor in costs associated with your travel as well— checked baggage fees, gas, etc.

One additional tip for next year, start saving early. For instance, set aside $50 per month and you will have $600 when the holiday season arrives. Last but not least, enjoy the holiday season. M

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oth Anne Williams Cockrell and her husband, Will, grew up in families that went a little over the top when it came to decorating for Christmas.

So it’s no surprise the young couple has followed in those holiday footsteps.

“We decorate our own home, but we still decorate with our families at their homes at Christmas,” Will said. “It’s crazy.”

A day or two after Thanksgiving, Anne, 26, and Will, 25, start the process of turning their Joyner neighborhood home into a holiday wonderland.

“We like a real Christmas tree to be our main tree,” Anne said. “It goes in the living room in front of a window.”

This tree holds ornaments the two have amassed since they were children.

“We’re very eclectic,” Anne said. “Our moms each give us an ornament every year. We have all our childhood ornaments as well. And I have a lot of ornaments from my grandmother’s tree. Some people call me sentimental.”

A second tree, this one artificial, they position between the dining room and the kitchen so that it can be seen through the front door.

“It was my grandmother’s tree and this was her house,” Will said. “We bought it in June 2017, had a remodel done, and moved back in it November 2017.”

This tree is covered in antique red and gold balls, lots of ribbon, and ornaments Anne has made through her business, Annie Decor.

“Most of Annie Decor is furniture I redo for people, but I also enjoy getting to make littles, like ornaments, cake stands and candlesticks,” Anne said.

A third tree that sits on the couple’s front porch was Anne’s big sister’s tree and the one Anne used during college.

“It has fake snow and lights, but no ornaments,” Will said.

“It’s been known to blow over, so we didn’t want to take any chances.”

In the living room, a credenza is festooned with four Christmas stockings: one for Anne, one for Will and one each for their dogs, Millie and Reece.

“Let me tell you how much we like Christmas,” Anne said.

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They also decorate with antique snowflakes, Nativity scenes, angels, and Christmas-themed pillows, blankets and hand towels. They eat off Christmas plates and drink from Christmas coffee cups.

“When you think about it all, it is pretty Christmasy around here,” Will said.

Anne’s pretty practical when it comes to the trappings of Christmas.

“We keep all the rolls of wrapping paper in a large crock by the bookcase,” she said. “It becomes part of the decorations.”

Each year, the couple, who met in high school and married three years ago, hangs Christmas cards from ribbon strung in the doorway between the living room and the kitchen.

When Anne takes the cards down at the end of the season, she punches two holes in them, puts them on two metal rings and puts them in a basket. When friends and family come to visit during the holidays, they can flip through cards from years past.

“I think I got that idea from Pinterest,” she said.

During the month of December, they travel to Cotton Plant, Ballard Park and different Tupelo neighborhoods to look at Christmas lights. And just about every night, they watch a Christmas movie.

Her favorites are “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Christmas Vacation,” while his are “Elf ” and “Home Alone.”

“It’s hard to pick a favorite,” Will said. “We like them all.”

On Christmas Eve, the couple invites both of their families over to eat and watch movies.

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You don’t have to go far in Northeast Mississippi to find some fresh roasted coffee.

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hecking the temperature gauge and monitoring the air flow to the coffee roaster – one of two that roast thousands of pounds of beans a week – Dan Skinner is waiting for that first “pop.”

“It’s like the sound of popcorn; once it starts, it won’t be long before they’re ready,” he said.

Skinner is the owner of High Point Coffee Roasters in New Albany, where he’s been roasting coffee since 2004. High Point, he claims, is the oldest roaster in the state, and boasts of having customers in nearly every state.

High Point provides coffee to several retail establishments, among them Strange Brew in Starkville and Tupelo, and several shops in New Albany, where High Point is based.

“Coffee is the second-most traded commodity on earth, behind oil,” said Skinner, a former engineer who got the coffee bug more than 15 years ago. He turned that passion into a business, learning to roast from some of the best in the industry.

High Point has won awards for quality, beating some much larger, high-profile coffee sellers.

And it all starts with quality small-batch roasting.

“We get coffee from 16 countries, from Central America and Africa,” Skinner said.

The coffee beans arrive in burlap bags weighing 150 pounds or more and, depending on the customers’ preference, can be

roasted at nine temperatures.

“We’re a specialty coffee roaster, which means we only use beans that rank in the 80th percentile and above for quality,“ Skinner said. “Only 10 percent of the coffee beans harvested worldwide meet those standards.”

In Starkville, Dr. Kenneth Thomas also has a preference for quality coffee. So much so that he started roasting earlier this year, and sells online.

“As far as fresh, high-quality coffee, I easily saw a gap in the South for it as compared to the leaders found in the Pacific Northwest,” he said. “I love coffee – good coffee – and I wanted to bring that down here.”

And as a physician, Thomas knows the health benefits of coffee, from the antioxidants to the anti-inflammatories that exceed those in wine or green tea.

“The fresher the coffee, the better the health benefits,” he said.

Retail customers in Starkville include 929, The Grill and Juva, plus Jubilations in West Point and Farm House Market in West Point.

While new to the coffee roasting game, Thomas won an award last year in a national roasting competition, and just recently won awards for his breakfast blend and decaf.

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THE ROASTING PROCESS The roasting process is part art, part science.

At High Point, a gas-fired roaster is pre-heated to 425 degrees, and the beans are dropped into the revolving drum.

The temperature drops to between 375 and 400 degrees, and the beans soon begin to crackle like popping popcorn. After the initial cracking, the temperature rises again, and a second cracking will occur.

Skinner checks on the beans throughout the roasting process.

From experience, he can tell by merely looking if they’re ready to come out.

During the roasting process, moisture will be drawn out of the beans. The temperature rises again and a second cracking happens. During all of this, the oils will emerge from the beans, providing the flavor.

After roasting, the beans are dropped into a tray with a rotating metal arm that helps cool the beans. Air underneath the pan continues to wick away remaining moisture.

Once cooled, the beans are placed in bags or ground, depending on what a customer requests.

Customers may be ordering several hundred pounds of a particular roast to be shipped, but High Point is happy to sell, for example, a 2-pound bag of the New Albany blend to a customer who happens to drop by the nondescript tin building off Highway 15 north.

Specialty coffee roasters use Arabica beans, a higher-grade coffee compared to Robusta coffee that most large-scale commercial roasters use.

“Arabica has less caffeine than Robusta, but it’s a more desirable coffee,” Skinner said. “What you see on grocery store shelves use mostly Robusta.”

And coffee roasters also know this: The darker the roast, the less caffeine.

“A lot of people think that the bolder, more intense flavor of a dark roast means there’s more caffeine, but the opposite is true,” Skinner said. “The lighter the roast, the more caffeine there is.” M

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en months is a long time. It’s even longer when you’re waiting to move to a new country and start a new life.

When Daniela Mawufemor Rogers was waiting those 10 months to get her visa to come to the United States from Ghana, she found a way to pass the time that turned into a passion: sewing.

While she awaited her move overseas, a friend of Rogers’ in Africa taught her to sew using basic patterns and a hand-crank sewing machine.

It’s been about three years since Rogers moved to the States, and in that time she’s gotten married, started her business, Mawufemor, and had her first child. Rogers met her husband John, a Tupelo native, when he was living in Ghana.

They decided to get engaged and make the move back to Mississippi, where the couple eventually tied the knot at the Oxford Courthouse.

She’s also traded the hand-crank sewing machine for an electric one.

“The electric sewing machine was the breakthrough,” she laughed.

Rogers decided to turn her talent for sewing into a full-time gig after her son was born.

African fabrics with bold, colorful patterns are her signature

style. According to Rogers, African prints are on everything in Ghana. People wear them to church, formal events, casual outings and when they run errands like going to the grocery store.

Rogers brought a lot of fabrics with her when she moved from Africa. She’s used a lot of them up now, so her sister, who still lives in Africa, will mail her fabric that she can’t find in the U.S. Having spent most of her life in Ghana, Rogers said she does get homesick from time to time. She keeps up with her family there, as evidenced by the two clocks above her desk — one displays the time in Oxford and the other the time in Ghana.

Rogers loves working with African fabrics not only because of the bright, joyful colors, but also because the fabrics remind her of home.

“I like using the African fabrics,” she said. “It makes me feel connected to Ghana.”

Her parents are also still in Ghana. Rogers hasn’t been home since 2016, but she and her husband and son are planning a trip over to see them next year. It will be the first time they’ll meet their grandson in person, although Rogers said they Facetime often.

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When she started out sewing, Rogers stuck to making simple bags and skirts but has since learned how to sew more intricate patterns.

“I got on Pinterest and started making more complicated bags,” Rogers said. “Pinterest is good.”

Most of her products are bags: messenger bags, diaper bags, duffel bags, crossbody and shoulder bags and bags of all sizes down to pouches and pencil cases. Rogers also makes skirts, dresses, headwraps and, as she said, “anything that needs to be sewn.”

“For a lot of the bags I use my own patterns,” she said.

“It’s fun coming up with ideas.”

While she makes a number of bags to stock her Etsy shop, she also takes custom orders. The dresses and skirts she makes are usually made to order.

Through her Etsy shop, she’s now sold items to customers in 45 states and seven other countries. She’s hoping to add those other five states soon.

“It’s impressive to see that my bags are in so many places,” Rogers said. “I’m going for the other five states now.”

Etsy has helped her business grow, but Rogers loves to interact with customers in person. She often sells at the Oxford Maker’s Market, which takes place every first Saturday of the month on the courthouse lawn of the historic Oxford Square.

“When I see them there it makes me smile,” Rogers said. “It’s fun to see.” M

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his time last year, Charis Brightwell wasn’t sure what would become of Taproot Pottery, a small business she’d been working on starting up from her backyard studio in Starkville.

One August night, Brightwell, her husband, Jordan, and their daughter put some pieces of pottery in the kiln and left the house for the evening. Not long after they left, they got a call from a neighbor. The shed that housed Brightwell’s studio had caught fire.

By the time they returned the fire department had arrived, but the shed was unsalvageable. It burned to the ground.

Luckily, the family’s home was untouched.

“That was really heartbreaking and scary,” Brightwell said.

So the couple got to work rebuilding the studio. The building is still a work in progress, but they got enough done that a few months after the fire, Brightwell was back to work throwing, glazing and firing her original pottery pieces. But the rebuilding process didn’t come without its share of uncertainty.

“After the fire, I was so discouraged and scared to pursue a home studio again,” Brightwell said. “I prayed that the studio wouldn’t come up again unless it was something God would push forward and take pleasure in.”

Things started falling into place. Between insurance money and a GoFundMe started by her sister, the Brightwells had

enough money to rebuild the studio and even make it better than it was. Then, a friend of Brightwell’s gifted her with a new pottery wheel to replace the one she lost in the fire, along with some tools and glazes.

“It was rebuilt out of the generosity of so, so many,” Brightwell said. “There was no denying that God was using others to push it forward when He knew I was too discouraged and fearful to push it forward myself.”

More than a year after the fire, Brightwell’s studio is brimming with mugs, bowls, platters and other pieces. Natural light pours through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the new studio, and a loft Jordan built is decked out in string lights, the perfect spot for their oldest daughter, Rivers, to play.

In the past year, Brightwell has worked hard to build Taproot Pottery. She’s been selling her pieces at local events and markets as well as showcasing her work on Instagram (@taproot_pottery). Her pieces are also being sold at GeorgeMary’s in downtown Starkville and she’s started an Etsy shop.

Her handmade pottery pieces range from plates to mugs and wine glasses to platters and pie dishes. She’s also begun making coffee to-go cups, which aren’t typically made with clay, and they’ve been selling well.

Like the name “Taproot,” Brightwell wants her pieces to reflect the Earth with all its forms, beauty and function. That’s mudandmag.com

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"I hope it can be a moment to feel something between your fingers that, like you and me, is dust of the Earth that has been harnessed into something beautiful and made for a purpose." -Charis Brightwell

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why her pieces are glazed in earthy colors, made perfectly imperfect around the edges and with speckled clay peeking through.

“I hope it can be a moment to feel something between your fingers that, like you and me, is dust of the Earth that has been harnessed into something beautiful and made for a purpose,” she said of using her pottery.

With two young children, Rivers, 2, and Juniper, 5 months, Brightwell admits she spends a lot of time trying to figure out what a healthy work-life balance looks like for her.

“I have to take it a day at a time,” she said.

She does most of her work at night, after the girls go to bed. It’s easier for her to focus that way, she said. Although sometimes, she gets going and ends up staying up way too late.

“It’s so energizing for me,” Brightwell said of creating pottery.

Brightwell graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in interdisciplinary studies which allowed her to combine her love of fine arts with creative writing. She began her college career studying graphic design, but with most of that work done digitally, Brightwell missed getting her hands dirty.

She’s loved working with clay since high school. Once she found out her school in Kenya (her parents were missionaries) had a ceramics studio, pottery became a way for an angstridden teenage Brightwell to work through her emotions in a healthy way.

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was more than learning a skill or creating something — it was therapy.”

When she comes in and sits at the wheel these days, Brightwell knows what she’s making, although she wishes she had more time to experiment. Most of her pieces are made to order, but she’s working toward creating a stock for her Etsy shop of ready-to-ship items.

Brightwell said Etsy is working really well for her at this stage in her life. At first, most of her orders came from friends and family. But now she’s receiving orders from places as far away as California, Maryland and New York. She said she loves the thought of someone across the country using her mugs and plates to break bread with friends and family.

Sharing a cup of coffee or a bottle of wine, serving food to friends and family — these are the types of moments that bring us together as people.

“Those are all, to me, really intimate things, so making things that someone is using in those moments is exciting to me,” Brightwell said.

That’s the other element behind Taproot: human connectivity and rootedness. Brightwell thinks about those things often. What does is mean to be rooted? To be human?

To her, it’s being connected to others through community, connected to the Earth and connected to her faith. And so when someone orders a piece of her pottery, she sends along her hope for them that it’s more than just a plate or a mug, but an opportunity to connect. M

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