Oh, what a letdown the Sunday following Thanksgiving is. The best holiday of the year is over, with it, the fun of a long, leisurely weekend with family recedes into memory, and a return to work is only hours away. Boo. Hiss. To add to this year’s Thanksgiving-is-over melancholy, a cold rain has been falling… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Holidays & Entertaining
Pear-Ginger Chutney
There is a cranberry bog down the street from our house – a number of cranberry bogs, in fact – and I do love watching the autumn progression of the bogs turning bright red, followed by a flurry of bog-flooding activity, the farmer and a gaggle of helpers working frantically to harvest them all as… Continue Reading
Crème Fraiche Mashed Parsnips with Panko Breadcrumb Topping
Earlier today, I stopped by the offices of a magazine that I write for from time to time. A couple of weeks ago, I had prepared a full holiday meal for a story (recipes were also provided, of course), so when I stopped in, the editor and an assistant went to grab me a few… Continue Reading
Roasted Parsnips with Honey and Raisins
You know those times when you’re so busy overthinking something that you just can’t get out of your own way? That’s how it was with this dish. I had made this dish and made this dish in the most completely convoluted, time-consuming, pain in the arse way, and each time, it’s deliciousness convinced me that… Continue Reading
Maple-Roasted Fennel and Pears
Oh, woe is fennel. Not enough people are enamored of her, and as such, not enough people know her charms. Yes, I did just assign a sex to fennel, though, as finocchio in Italian, I guess it’s already been decided that fennel is male. But the curves! Have you seen the curves? We grow fennel… Continue Reading