Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail Holiday spirit is a relative term, isn’t it? In my family, the holidays aren’t really a big deal but I’ve always done my best to convince myself otherwise. Holiday baking — these peppermint patties — is only one…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail The first time I drank alcohol (you know…on my twenty-first birthday…) I drank Kahlua. I was with three of my girlfriends at a sleepover that was not so much different from the other sleepovers that we had in…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemailIf your’e here expecting more tarts, cookies, cocktails and holiday cheer, well, I am sorry to disappoint you because today is about soup. Split pea soup, to be specific. Dry peas are high in protein, fiber and folate and…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemailThere were some foods that I just didn’t like as a child but in recent years, have developed a taste for. Olives are one of those foods. I used to pick them off vegetable pizza and eat around them…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail No matter what kind of holiday entertaining you’re planning, I can’t think of one occasion where cookies are inappropriate. Holiday brunch? Absolutely. The office potluck? Bring a platter of thumbprint cookies. During the month of December, cookies also…