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Amazing Day in The Hudson Valley

by Rebecca Shim
Amazing Day in The Hudson Valley
One of my favorite things about life in the Catskills is the the transition from winter to spring, although the current weathers unpredictability i...

Many Health Benefits: Cinnamon Honey

by Elissa Jane Mastel
Cinnamon has a long history of use in both Eastern and Western cultures as a medicine. Some of its reported uses are in cases of arthritis, asthma, cancer, diarrhea, fever, heart problems, insomnia, menstrual problems, peptic ulcers, psoriasis, and spastic muscles. There are scientific studies to support some of these uses. Some of the confirmed effects of cinnamon are as a sedative for smooth muscle, circulatory stimulant, carminative, digestant, anticonvulsant, diaphoretic, diuretic, antibiotic, and antiulcerative.
Posted in cinnamon, cure, cures, health benefits, home remedy, honey, raw honey, remedy, uses

3 simple steps to saving the bees

by Elissa Jane Mastel

honeybees have been vanishing from plain site over the past couple of decades.  this is horrible, because we need them to sustain us, and help us grow food and make delicious honey. 

here are three things you can do to help your local honeybees, and ensure they endure. 

Posted in about bees, are bees going extinct, extinction, honey, honey bee, honey bees, plant flowers, plant wildflowers, pollinators, save the bees

the benefits of lavender in our products

by Elissa Jane Mastel
Not only can you ingest your delicious Phoenicia Honey Co. Lavender Honey, you can also use to to wash your face for a luxurious facial experience, mix it with oatmeal to create a soothing scrub or add a little sugar for extra exfoliating.
Posted in anticeptic, benefits, face wash, facial, honey, lavender, uses

Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce

by Rebecca Shim
Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce
Just in time for the holidays, we've created this recipe just for you! It's a simple cranberry sauce, full of flavor and sweetened with hone...

Upstate Dispatch: Saturday Shopping: Local Honey

by Elissa Jane Mastel
Honey: a form of address, miracle food, medicinal unguent and mysterious immortal time traveler, having been found in Egyptian tombs intact, it has survived thousands of years. If only those crusty, aged urns of the amber nectar could speak, they could convey untold stories. What honey’s secret to eternal freshness? Lack of moisture, according to the Smithsonian Magazine and a combination of the following factors that produce a rare quality.
Posted in beekeeping, bees, benefits, blog, catskills, history, honey, hudson valley, J.N. Urbanski, jenny neal, media, medicinal honey, miracle food, press, upstate dispatch

a beautiful winter walk in the Catskills

by Elissa Jane Mastel

took a few pics by a winery near the Hudson River .... love winter in the Catskills. 

Posted in hike, hudson river, hudson valley, images, instagram, photographs, photos, snow, travel, travels, walk, winter, woods

Phoenicia Honey Company: Sweet infused raw honey to sweeten your palate

by Elissa Jane Mastel

From Hudson Valley Good Stuff:

Recently Elissa Jane Mastel, owner and creator of Phoenicia Honey Company, invited Hudson Valley Good Stuff to a private honey tasting in uptown Kingston at Chill Media North, a public relations company she founded. Confession: I have loved honey since I was a kid. I once snuck off with an entire teddy bear plastic bottle of honey and consumed it in one sitting. So, of course, I was eager to taste the new honey creations from Phoenicia Honey.

Posted in blog, chai, cinnamon, editorial, elissa jane mastel, hudson valley good stuff, locally sourced, news, phoenicia honey co, press, private honey tasting, review, reviews, signature lavender, spice