A year at home in the Catskills, told through flowers, food, handmade decorations, and gatherings around the table. Lisa Przystup’s Once Around the Sun combines seasonal projects and personal stories with photography and illustrations. Published by Monacelli.

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A tomato sandwich on gingham, freshly cut dahlias, and a candlelit table threaded with ribbons set the scene for Once Around the Sun. Writer Lisa Przystup, author of Upstate: Living Spaces with Space to Live, follows a year at her Western Catskills home through the food, flowers, and gatherings that mark its changing seasons. Published by Monacelli, the book brings those details together in photographs, personal stories, and projects to try at home.

Each seasonal chapter returns to four sections: “What’s in Season,” “At the Table,” “Celebrating the Season,” and a closing to-do list. There are ideas for displaying flowers and produce, arranging a table, and making decorations with natural materials. Photographs move between the garden, kitchen, and dining table, with hand-drawn illustrations alongside. The details range from summer tomatoes and autumn dahlias to dried citrus garlands and winter menus.

Christene Barberich contributes the foreword, while guest voices include cook and author Alison Roman, Sarah and Sohail Zandi of Brushland Eating House, and April Valencia of Masa Memory. The 280-page hardcover offers a useful starting point for planning a gathering or bringing something of the season indoors. It also makes an appealing host gift, with plenty to revisit as the year turns.

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