The thing about holidays is that there are billions of things that can make one cranky. Jacked-up airline prices and crowded airports; insanity at the market and children who insist on dallying with strep throat. Not to mention the pressure, the crowds, and all those random crazy hungry people who insist they are related to [...]
Read more...Cranberry sauce in a can is gross. I don’t care what you’re used to, it is time to grow up and make your own. There are many reasons– Kids love the cool popping sounds that the berries make as they explode juice all over the stove top It’s better, that’s why All the cool kids [...]
Read more...I cheat. Not only do I make my gravy ahead of time but I make my turkey gravy from chicken parts. Which leaves you with two choices: You can go out and slander my name all over this turkey lovin’ country, or you can do what I do: cheat. Welcome aboard. Here’s how it’s done. [...]
Read more...The “there” of which I speak is this inconceivably large pumpkin shell. Care to guess whom I would like to stuff inside? You might be thinking Dave, particularly if you have read the lyrical ode to my over- ambitious pumpkin-seed loving husband. Perhaps putting him in a pumpkin shell is the consummate solution to a [...]
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