his end-of-summer “special”, which was whatever leftovers were in the holiday house fridge, all mixed together and served on toast... And this Summer, I found myself mixing together a random assortment of leftover ham,...

remember once on a holiday where turkey was being served my mother called my sister and me into the kitchen to determine what the gravy was missing. I flung open the spice cupboard—only to discover that she had none of...

And as bad as game day is, it is not so bad at all the following day, even though it’s a Sunday. I tend to go that weekend as I can make it a long weekend due to the Columbus Day holiday.

I’m sorry.......I was wrong. I just dialed them and they answered. Maybe the day of my visit in January was a Jewish holiday I was unaware of.

was closed on Sunday, on our way to Rockefeller Center to visit Minamoto Kitchoan. Ok, what are the chances that on the first try we could pull up to Rockafeller Center and park right in front of Morrell Wine Bar / Dean & Deluca...

hate it, except that it doesn’t handle batters, cookie doughs and potatoes the way the old mixer did. No splashing (we joke that it isn’t a holiday meal around here without milk and butter splashing out of that mixer...

canadian here! turkey day = my favourite food holiday plum glazed 11 lb turkey with plum gravy (alice waters brine and roasted spatchcocked in under 2 hrs) chestnut cornbread stuffing with homemade cornbread of course;) leek mashed...

down and started to watch my mother and my grandmother cook for various holidays and events. My “A Ha!” moment came when my boyfriend at the time (now husband) asked me if I could make him cajun catfish as he...

in different cookies for the holidays.

for grilled meat. Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown, Taddy Porter, Fuller’s London Porter – I always have those. I also keep a few bottles of gueuze in the pantry as well – that’s great for hot weather. A...

they would be closed for two weeks or so around the holidays. They always look empty though and I found their food vile on our one visit. I’m curious about that Via Tribunali space. Are they only going to occupy the...

at Juniper just after Christmas. The holidays out there were something else — I’ll email you the story.

friends for the holidays. Gotta find tins with pigs on em'. Maybe there are Elvis tins somewhere. I have to go for a physical in an hour. My doc will sniff me (it’s 3 pm)and think I cook and eat bacon all day long, hope I...

Sorry to hear about your rude guests. You sound like a great host/hostess. Had similar experiences with family, not friends, tried this and it worked. Every holiday is at my house, my family used to just show up late without...

My husband and I headed to the airport yesterday and decided not to deal with going down to the quarter, on a holiday, to Central Grocery for a muff for the flight home. (We were visiting his family) After a little online...