Tag: Christmas

...Thanksgiving dinner is delicious, but it can be very, very sweet. Cornbread in the stuffing (and sometimes fruit), waldorf (or jello!) salad, sweet potatoes (maybe even with marshmallows) and of course, pie. By …

...Panforte, a specialty of Siena, a hill town near Florence, dates back to the middle ages, when it was paid as a tax to monks and nuns, and was reportedly carried by Crusaders on the …

<a title="Hazelnut Blondies by The Domestic Front, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/6495515827/"><img alt="Hazelnut Blondies" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6495515827_135ffd4a79.jpg" width="500" height="333" /></a> <br /> Fortunately, some kind soul long ago invented the bar cookie, which have the advantage of being delicious, baking up …

It's that time of year. Yes, peace and love and joy and family and cookies and all that, but also the time of year when you find yourself looking for gifts for a variety …

Holiday dinners, holiday parties, intimate gatherings with family and friends -- cooking is key, but you have to decorate too. You could buy the obligatory bunch of grocery store flowers and stick them in the …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/6343380092/" title="Ham 3 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6343380092_bee9c32fbb.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Ham 3"/></a> The holidays are so much more than a single day. They're an excuse for gatherings of friends and family, shared …

I wasn't sure what to call this. The recipe that I adapted it from is called a pie, but we all know a pie, and this is no pie. Cobbler would have a …