This Issue: Family!

Light your candles; bake your turkeys, dance in the streets to celebrate your holiday season, whatever it is. No matter what we do to unfold and revel in the holidays, family is at the core of it. Garden Spices Contributors make it clear that family means much more than the nuclear perspective we all know. It simply means those who love and support us in a ride or die kind of way. And so it is!

Open the Garden Gate and meet some of our Guest Contributors like Indrani Banerjee, who gives us insight on the shift of Indian families; Fred de Rose, who shares what his Italian American upbringing and holidays looked like; Sonja Mathis, who assures us we are all one, no mater where we are from, and  Tavare Hill, whose art speaks to the inspiration of family We hear from families, all of different faiths, colors, and issues, and we listen. It’s what we do, when we embrace diversity. Thank you for coming with us, and may your holidays be blessed!

Gate open!

Managing Editor, Pratik Mamtora, and me-Family

Vicki Goldston, aka Victorine

Founder & Editor-in-Chief