Anne Clay

The Village Hearth: A Bellewood Quarterly

8.5x11 Hardcover — 168 pages — Full Color — $59.99

Step inside a world where lamplight glows against plaster walls and autumn wind whispers through the orchard. The Village Hearth is more than a book — it’s an heirloom journal of Early American life, filled with richly photographed interiors, stories from the Bellewood village, seasonal essays, and quiet reflections by the fire. Every page is crafted to feel like stepping through a candlelit doorway into another century — warm, human, and timeless.

Each volume is printed on premium archival paper with vivid color and soft-matte texture, designed to be collected, displayed, and revisited through the seasons. This is not fast media. It’s a slow, handcrafted experience — a piece of your own Bellewood to keep.

The Village Hearth Vol 1

8x10 Softcover $44.50. 108 Pages

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Enjoy a closer look at the homes that Anne Clay tours. This book is primarily pictures and in it you will see pictures from Cousin Mel, Alice, Lainey, and Anne's home along with special guests from the season. 108 pages of beautiful homes and a nice story to send you off to sleep.

The Quiet Season: Reflections on Home, Humanity, and the Winter Heart

5x8 softcover, $17.89

When the world grows still and the fields fall silent under snow, a different kind of beauty emerges — one made of candlelight, memory, and the soft sound of wood settling in the hearth.

In The Quiet Season, Anne Clay invites readers into a winter world of reflection and rest — a time for mending, baking, writing, and simply being. Blending history, art, and personal meditation, this collection of essays explores how our ancestors met the cold months with both endurance and grace. Each page is a reminder that slowness is not idleness, and that within the hush of winter lies an invitation to rediscover meaning, beauty, and connection.

Illustrated with photographs and gentle prose, The Quiet Season is both a visual and spiritual companion — a fireside book for anyone who has ever felt the ache and wonder of the year’s most contemplative months.

The Gingerbread Tavern, Cookbook and Early American Tidbits, $19.95 120 pages

Long before Bellewood existed, there was a very real gingerbread store in my own backyard — a tiny shed where I sold gingerbread to wayside travelers passing through. That humble little shop became the spark for everything that followed.

Inspired by those early winters, every November and December I now transform my tavern into a holiday wonderland and roll up my sleeves to cook in the old hearth. It’s messy, smoky, chaotic, and completely magical — the closest thing to stepping inside an early American Christmas.

The Gingerbread Tavern Cookbook gathers the recipes and stories that came out of those seasons:

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  rustic breads baked in cast iron
  
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  early American sweets and gingerbread of every stripe
  
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  hearty tavern meals made beside the fire
  
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  and a handful of Bellewood Christmas tales that echo the warmth and whimsy of the season.
  

Part hearth-cooking journal, part early American recipe collection, and part holiday storytelling, this cookbook brings together the real, the historic, and the enchanted. Whether you're cooking over an open flame or a modern stove, this book invites you into the cozy tradition that started in a backyard shed and grew into a whole world of Christmas magic.