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’s 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’ve had a sample size of winter so far, and so far it’s been a cold one. So cold, in fact, that I have routinely had the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” stuck in my head — the Doris Day and Dean Martin version of course.I’m all for a little frosty chill outside in the dead of ...
The holiday season is behind us, and it’s 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 “New Year’s Resolutions” to deal with. That is, if you in fact have a New Year’s Resolution.According to some ...
Let’s 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’t good fruitcakes, and because ...
My family is very Italian. When I say that, I don’t 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 ...
