Nothing is better under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad.
Holidays
Spicy, Crunchy, Chewy Gingersnaps
Homemade, Spicy, Crunchy, Chewy Gingersnaps. Gingerbread cookies with bits of crystalized ginger. Freeze well. Great recipe.
Epic Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich
This Epic Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich marries several slices of yesterday’s oven-roasted turkey with a tangy Brussels sprouts slaw and a delicious seasoned mayo.
Leftover Thanksgiving Chickeny Turkey Soup with Buttermilk Dumplings
This recipe for Leftover Thanksgiving Chickeny Turkey Soup with Buttermilk Dumplings produces a comfort food that can stand up to the dreariest, early-winter chill.
Phenomenal Polish Smoked Sausage Soup
Phenomenal Polish Smoked Sausage Soup, properly called “White Borscht,” is a kielbasa soup, heavy with root vegetables (including potatoes, but not beets), mushrooms, and topped off with a dollop of sour cream (and perhaps a hard-boiled (Easter) egg). Great recipe. Reheats well.
Brandied Cherry and Apple Spice Cake
This Brandied Cherry and Apple Spice Cake is homemade comfort food in a Bundt pan. It’s a delicious olive oil spice cake that deserves to be on a pedestal.
Guava Raspberry Hors d’Oeuvres
These Guava Raspberry Hors d’Oeuvres use fresh raspberries, guava paste, and an elegant whipped cream – mascarpone mixture. They can provide a sweet, luscious hit to any cocktail party or buffet.
Polish Kolachy Like Grandma’s
This recipe produces the Polish kolachy that grandma made back in the day: cream cheese pastry dough with jam, jelly, or preserves (or maybe nuts) for filling, sprinkled with powdered sugar. It’s thought of as a Christmas cookie, but it’s really more of a two-bite pastry. I’ll show you how to do it.
Christmas Menu for Six: Dinner Fit for a King … or Three Kings … and Three of Their Guests
Christmas Menu for Six: feta-stuffed French bread, coffee-encrusted pork roast, hasselback potato gratin, carrots with whiskey and ginger, caramelized Brussels sprouts, raspberries and cheese, black forest buche de noel