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No. 02 · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
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This Week
Back to School, Even If You're Not Going
September resets things whether or not anyone in your house needs a lunchbox. Here's what's in this week's issue:
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A word for apples, and the man who planted a lot of them |
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Skillet apples with brown butter, done in twenty minutes |
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Our candle picks for the darker evenings ahead |
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A Dallas mahjong company making some of the prettiest sets we've seen |
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A Good Word
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poh-MOL-uh-jee · noun
The branch of horticulture devoted to fruit — the study, breeding, and cultivation of it, particularly fruit that grows on trees.
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From the Latin pomum, fruit or apple, via the French pomme
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Over 7,500 named apple varieties exist; most of us taste under a dozen |
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Johnny Appleseed planted from seed instead of grafting, on principle |
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Every seedling is a new variety, so his orchards bred huge diversity |
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Many great American apples came out of those trees |
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From the Gazette Kitchen
Skillet Apples with Brown Butter
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Serves 4 · 20 minutes
You'll need
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4 firm apples, sliced thick |
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4 tbsp butter |
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3 tbsp brown sugar |
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1 tsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt |
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A squeeze of lemon |
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Vanilla ice cream, to serve |
To make
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Brown the butter in a wide skillet until it smells nutty |
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Add apples in one layer. Leave 4 minutes to color. |
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Stir in sugar, cinnamon, salt. Cook 8 minutes, until tender. |
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Finish with lemon. Serve warm over ice cream. |
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Gezellig Picks
The Season for Candlelight
Apple and vanilla, in a glass you'll keep long after the wax is gone.
We lose a minute or two of evening light a day now, and the equinox lands at the end of the month. Candles start earning their keep.
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Put them where you actually sit, not where they look best |
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Four in the afternoon is not too early to light one |
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Our favorites for the season are collected in one place |
Explore the Candlelight collection
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News from the World of Mahjong
Spotlight: Bam Bird Boutique
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Bam Bird Boutique
bambirdboutique.com · Dallas, Texas
The tiles are why we keep pointing people their way.
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Meticulous detail, and real range — Art Deco to mid-century |
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Excellent customer service, before and after the sale |
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In Dallas, with a storefront worth a stop. Also online |
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They also carry branded SoloMahj boards |
Use our discount code PINKDRAGON for 10% off your purchase.
Shop Bam Bird Boutique
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We started this issue with apples, so we'll end there too.
“Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.”
Henry David Thoreau · Wild Apples, 1862
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Until next Tuesday
The Gezellig Gazette · SoloMahj.com
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