I can’t have booze without eats — preferably lovely, little, savory appetizers. I’m not alone, judging from the number of stories on appetizers floating around newspapers in time for New Year’s. Find a few new ones, courtesy of The Associated Press and Detroit Free Press, on the Mail Tribune’s Holiday 101 page. The Free Press [...]
I had to laugh at today’s “Zits” comic strip. If you didn’t see it, the mom character is immersed in wrapping gifts and tells her husband, “Just a few more to go and all the weeks of planning and preparation will finally be over.” The husband gives her a kiss, walks into the next room [...]
We’ve all unwrapped that useless knicknack, hideous sweater or stinky cologne that defies even regifting. Gifts intended for cooks also can go the way of the white elephant when the giver falls for any gimmicky gadget available in big-box stores or from infomercials. Not to sound Grinchy here, but you likely won’t find a gift [...]
Many of us would no more dream of eating Christmas dinner in a restaurant than we would forgo the roast beast, egg nog, yule log and a pile of cookies to chase it all down. My family is one of these, rallied by my mom who staunchly refuses to patronize businesses that are open on [...]
Mom was right. At some point in life, the enjoyment of giving becomes greater than receiving. In fact, I’m so wrapped up in Christmas gifts I’ve planned for family and friends that I draw a blank when they ask me what I’d like for the holiday. Why can’t I call to mind all those kitchen [...]
After a weekend of Christmas shopping at local craft bazaars and returning home to roaring fires, I’m glad I bought some chestnuts to go with all that holiday cheer. Too busy to bake Christmas cookies as planned with my mom, I decided to settle for something that needed little preparation before we popped it in [...]
I hemmed and hawed this week over whether to blog about handling Thanksgiving leftovers. But I was lacking my own leftovers to use, and the general consensus on Monday among Mail Tribune staff who had prepared the feast was that they were so over it. I’m well aware that a contingent of cooks, however, relish [...]
