Tag: holiday cooking

The Least Favorite Tradition

Thanksgiving is associated with a variety of traditions in our home. The bread- and pie-baking. The cranberry-orange relish getting ground up in the food processor at the crack of dawn. The cooking SOS phone calls from friends. My least favorite Thanksgiving tradition? The last-minute mad dash to the grocery store to pick up some essential …

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Season Creep

Season Creep is the phenomenon when you see items associated with a particular holiday or season appear earlier and earlier in the year. For example, the pumpkin spice everything (beer, lattes, etc.) started showing up here at the end of August. The most blatant example of Season Creep is Christmas Creep. Last week I saw …

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Feeding Between the Lines, Holiday Edition

An additional food allergy land mine has appeared among our friends. The youngest member of the Friday night crew has been diagnosed with gluten intolerance and egg allergy. This is indeed problematic, since many gluten-free bread recipes rely on egg protein to provide a semblance of structure. And meringue cookies are now verboten for the …

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