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The best time of year to buy a big, gorgeous ham is the moment you finally pick the last sticky bit of fluorescent jelly bean from between your back teeth. A few aisles down from the half-priced Cadbury eggs and leftover green plastic grass, you’ll find a refrigerated “bin” full of bargain cuts. For as... Continue Reading →
Inspired by New Year's Day, but equally appropriate at any celebratory brunch, there’s nothing like bubbles and eggs. Goldenrods are the type of charming dish where simple, inexpensive ingredients are transformed by a healthy dose of Southern ingenuity. Whipped up in short time, often without warning, by mothers and grandmothers alike for hungry crowds, it... Continue Reading →
Family members rush from overpacked cars colorfully-wrapped gifts in hand, trying to avoid the frigid night air. Inside, huddled around the fireplace or wood-burning stoves, groups form to exchange gossip and playfully tease loved ones. The RĂ©veillon, or Christmas Eve celebration is a high point on the French-Canadian calendar. Whether held before or after midnight... Continue Reading →
I can't recall a single Christmas without these sweet, creamy peanut butter and chocolate confections. Often dismissed and lost in the oversaturated “holiday cookie” category, these decadent three-biters are more like an oversized candy or truffle. With fond memories and misty eyes, I opened my mother’s recipe box – an army green, utilitarian metal affair overstuffed... Continue Reading →
Long a staple of Puerto Rican holiday celebrations, coquito which affectionately translates to “little coconut” makes for a festive sip in any climate. Often appearing after Thanksgiving straight through Christmas to Three Kings Day, family visitors and guests are always offered a shot of the sweet, tropical “nog” no matter the time of day. Stateside,... Continue Reading →
Growing up in New Hampshire, maple syrup practically ran through our veins. With the first snow, we’d bundle up to spend hours outside, building forts and sledding down whatever bit of hill we could find. Armed with jugs of maple syrup, usually tapped from trees just down the road, neighborhood mothers would con us into... Continue Reading →
It’s been far too long since I’ve stumbled upon a majestic cheese ball on a holiday buffet or been offered a dangerously delicious glass of punch. Famously make-ahead, these classic recipes were developed to free up a host's hands and encourage communal noshing. Sharing family gossip, bonds are strengthened while buttering a crumbly cracker or... Continue Reading →
Topping my list of thankfulness this year is this “melting pot” of a nation we call home. Our palates are constantly stimulated and challenged by fellow immigrants’ culinary tastes and traditions. No other place in the world has access to such a library of flavor. Integrating an exotic combination of ingredients to an established dish makes for... Continue Reading →
The Halloween hangover is no joke. Stray glitter shimmers from couch cushions and carpeting; bright, greasy makeup smudges mark bathroom faucets and refrigerator doorhandles. There are extra loads of impossibly-stained laundry and the challenge of finding storage for yet another wig. Regrettable amounts of candy washed down with a lamentable number of drinks make for a tired tummy. Here,... Continue Reading →
DISH...with Sean Brady 