A NOTE FROM SYLVIA My warmest wishes go out to you and yours! At Twin Cities PBS (TPT) we are embracing the season and finding ways to celebrate with one another. One of my favorite TPT traditions is the Maker’s Market. We gather to share our homemade goods, from wooden toys to mini bundt cakes. I typically bring my Cranberry Conserve to share and thought some of you might enjoy the recipe: Sterilize canning jars. Combine 1 unpeeled, finely chopped orange with 2 cups of water in a pot and cook rapidly on medium high for 20 minutes. Add 1 quart of cranberries, 3 cups of sugar, and .5 cup seedless raisins to the cooked orange mixture, bringing slowly to a boil and stirring occasionally until mixture thickens (about 8 minutes). Pour hot conserve into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims before tightening lids. Process jars with conserve for 5 minutes in a boiling water bath, remove, cool, and store. This conserve is great on a charcuterie board, in oatmeal, on toast, or as a side dish.
You will find more holiday recipes from TPT staff on pages 7-9; we hope they find their way to your table.
Our December music programming will add to your joy and festivities. I will be tuning in to El Mesias and the Minnesota Orchestra , a bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination led by artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah and Navidad Nuestra by Argentinian composer Arial Ramirez. I am also looking forward to closing out the year with United in Song: A New Year’s Eve Special . For those more inclined toward dramas, Call the Midwife Holiday Special is sure to warm the heart. You can also tune in to two American Masters documentaries: The Adventures of Saul Bellow , an examination of the relationship between the controversial author and his work, and Groucho and Cavett , which profiles the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor Groucho Marx.
Happy Holidays to all of you who celebrate. Thank you for making this a wonderful year at TPT.
Sylvia Strobel President and CEO, Twin Cities PBS
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