Two of my favorite things this time of year are foods that help you stay warm and foods that can be cooked with minimal effort.It鈥檚 only natural that the colder weather and earlier nightfall kind of zap some of the energy out of you. All of a sudden the couch and TV sound brilliant and bears ...
We鈥檝e had a sample size of winter so far, and so far it鈥檚 been a cold one. So cold, in fact, that I have routinely had the song 鈥淏aby, It鈥檚 Cold Outside鈥� stuck in my head 鈥� the Doris Day and Dean Martin version of course.I鈥檓 all for a little frosty chill outside in the dead of ...
The holiday season is behind us, and it鈥檚 time to get back to our normal routines. However, before we get back to our completely normal routines we have the pesky issue of our 鈥淣ew Year鈥檚 Resolutions鈥� to deal with. That is, if you in fact have a New Year鈥檚 Resolution.According to some ...
Let鈥檚 talk about fruitcake.We are going to spend an entire column diving head first into one of the most gifted, yet disliked holiday foods. Personally, I really enjoy a good slice of fruitcake. The problem is that a lot of fruitcakes made commercially aren鈥檛 good fruitcakes, and because ...
My family is very Italian. When I say that, I don鈥檛 simply mean that my last name ends with a vowel and I have relatives who came to America from the motherland. While the previous statement remains true, my family (much like other Italian American families) has continued the strong ...
et me be one of the first to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving in print, or on your computer screen if you are reading this at HeraldStandard.com! Today is the day we have all been looking forward to since last Thanksgiving. At the very least, Thanksgiving has been a major topic of discussion for ...
