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You have a holiday party and nothing to wear...Tyler Boe Savannah Paillettes Bow Back Dress in Black, Elizabeth James Au...
12/17/2025

You have a holiday party and nothing to wear...

Tyler Boe Savannah Paillettes Bow Back Dress in Black, Elizabeth James Audrey Jacket; all at Wit's End, Highlands.

Problem solved.




Who's seeing stars?Holiday Origami: Folded Stars and TreesDecember 20 at 2pm at
12/16/2025

Who's seeing stars?

Holiday Origami: Folded Stars and Trees
December 20 at 2pm at



Show of hands for one of these?Jingle Bell BiscottiRecipe and photo by .gooding Ingredients:1.5 oz bourbon1/2 oz biscott...
12/16/2025

Show of hands for one of these?

Jingle Bell Biscotti
Recipe and photo by .gooding
Ingredients:
1.5 oz bourbon
1/2 oz biscotti liqueur
1/2 oz cold brew coffee
1/2 oz heavy cream, extra for topping (optional)
Cinnamon sugar, for rim
1 cinnamon stick, for garnish
Dash of cinnamon, for topping

Directions:
1. Combine bourbon, biscotti liqueur, coffee, and cream in a shaker with ice. Shake well.
2. Rim your glass with cinnamon sugar and add one large ice cube.
3. Strain and pour into the rimmed glass over ice.
4. Optional: froth a little extra cream and pour over top.
5. Sprinkle cinnamon over the drink and garnish with a cinnamon stick.



If you don't have everyone on your list covered yet and you're out of ideas...don't fret! Read our Holiday Shopping Gui...
12/15/2025

If you don't have everyone on your list covered yet and you're out of ideas...don't fret!

Read our Holiday Shopping Guide compiled by editor Emily Davis
Photos by Bob Scott





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Highland Mercantile
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Christmas brunch libation?We got you!Pomegranate Mimosa Ingredients1.5 oz pomegranate juice¾ oz simple syrup, optional6 ...
12/12/2025

Christmas brunch libation?

We got you!

Pomegranate Mimosa Ingredients
1.5 oz pomegranate juice
¾ oz simple syrup, optional
6 oz champagne, chilled Pomegranate arils
Sprig of rosemary or wedge of orange for garnish

Directions
1. Pour pomegranate juice into champagne flute
2. Fill glass with champagne and sprinkle in pomegranate arils
3. Add simple syrup if a sweeter cocktail is desired
4. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary, wedge of orange, or both



Need a quick holiday party app?gooding has you covered!Prosciutto CrostiniIngredients:1 baguette loaf, sliced2 tbsp butt...
12/10/2025

Need a quick holiday party app?
gooding has you covered!

Prosciutto Crostini
Ingredients:
1 baguette loaf, sliced
2 tbsp butter, melted
4 oz prosciutto, torn into bite-size pieces
2–3 tbsp fig jam
6–8 oz burrata cheese
Fresh thyme or basil, for garnish
Ground pepper, to taste
Honey, for serving

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place baguette slices on a baking sheet and brush tops with melted butter. Add prosciutto to the same sheet. Bake 10–15 minutes until bread is toasted and prosciutto crisp.
2. Spread fig jam over each crostini. Top with burrata.
3. Add baked prosciutto, herbs, pepper, and drizzle of honey.

Done!



Winterize your attire at On Her: Fifteen Twenty Gwennie Sequin Mesh Top in Eggplant, Max & Moi Beyina Lambskin Leather F...
12/10/2025

Winterize your attire at

On Her: Fifteen Twenty Gwennie Sequin Mesh Top in Eggplant, Max & Moi Beyina Lambskin Leather Flare Pant in Chocolate, Cristina Millotti Bordeaux Suede Heel, Brackish Le Marais
Turkey Feather Leather Clutch - Metallic, Bailey Faux Fur Coat

On Him: Peter Millar shirt, Santorio Velvet Sport Coat, Meyer Bonn Dress Trouser in Khaki, TJ Baileys Men’s Rub Suede Loafer, Eton Wool Handkerchief, all at TJ Baileys, Cashiers and Highlands.



A Time to Glow!!45,000 lights and 442 candles inside Biltmore House, 400 luminaries lining the driveway and Esplanade, a...
12/09/2025

A Time to Glow!!

45,000 lights and 442 candles inside Biltmore House, 400 luminaries lining the driveway and Esplanade, a 25-foot light tree, over 45,000 lights in Antler Hill Village, and 30,000 “waterfall” suspended lights promise a magical wintry glow to all who visit.

Read the story by



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Did you know?From Obscurity to Exhibit: Highlands’ Mineral Treasures ResurfaceBy .e.vickery Find out what rocks are in a...
12/08/2025

Did you know?

From Obscurity to Exhibit: Highlands’ Mineral Treasures Resurface

By .e.vickery

Find out what rocks are in a storage room on the edge of a mountain campus, waiting to tell their story.



It's Christmas cookie season!Thank you .gooding for this recipe and photo!Cocoa-Chai CookiesIngredients:2 cups all-purpo...
12/04/2025

It's Christmas cookie season!

Thank you .gooding for this recipe and photo!

Cocoa-Chai Cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
7 tbsp unsalted butter
1 egg, whisked
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Powdered sugar, for dusting

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, butter, egg, brown sugar, cocoa, salt, and spices. Mix until dough forms. If dry, add water 1 tsp at a time.
3. Wrap dough and refrigerate 20 minutes.
4. Roll out on a floured surface. Cut shapes with cookie cutters.
5. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake 10 minutes until just set.
6. Cool slightly, then dust with powdered sugar.




Here's a post you'll want to troll!Meet , a self-described “garbage artist/recycle art activist, who has become known ar...
12/02/2025

Here's a post you'll want to troll!

Meet , a self-described “garbage artist/recycle art activist, who has become known around the
globe for his immense wooden trolls.

His most recent work can be seem in North Carolina with seven permanent trolls statewide: five in Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park and one installation each in High Point and Charlotte. A separate traveling exhibition, “Trolls: A Field Study,” will appear at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, running from November 15, 2025, through February 17, 2026.

Read about his story in this issue.




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Plateau magazine is Your "Uptown Magazine," reflecting the lifestyle and interests of an upscale, educated readership. As a key resource for Jackson, Macon and Transylvania Counties (including the towns of Cashiers, Franklin, Glenville, Highlands, Lake Toxaway and Sapphire), we take great pride in bringing the best of our Western North Carolina region to those who are visiting, and those who live here year-round.

The magazine’s mission is simple: To offer readers compelling local and regional content that is thought-provoking and informative, and to provide information that will drive decision making. The arts, dining, travel, home & garden, style, people and trends—if it’s part of the WNC lifestyle, you’ll find it covered in the Plateau magazine.