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By the time you read this you are likely still eating leftovers from Thanksgiving. You've had turkey on sandwiches, turkey in soup, maybe even turkey in your breakfast hash. That turkey carcass is looking pretty picked over at this point. But before you send the remains to the garbage bin and the bird's final resting place, consider he might still have one more meal in him. The thing is, no matter how great of a turkey carver your Uncle Eddie is, it is nearly impossible to get every last scrap of meat scraped from the rib cage and thigh bone, wherein lie the...
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As a kid I never dreamed I'd make a living baking. My grandmother and mother were first-class home bakers and they encouraged me to be creative in the kitchen. I still have the first cookbook I got when I was four. It's the Mickey Mouse Cookbook For Kids. Frozen waffle ice cream sandwiches were my specialty. Making them remains one of my all-time favorite childhood memories. Subsequent to my bravura performance with the waffle ice cream sandwiches, my mother sent me to cooking classes for kids. These courses taught us how to make simple, yet surprisingly elegant...
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Chances are that you read my article last week about simplifying your Thanksgiving menu and proceeded to completely ignore my advice. Don't worry, I understand; I am sure I will succumb to the pressure of pleasing everyone again this year as well. Mashed potatoes for your brother who insists they be on the table, greens for the health-conscious sister, sweet potato casserole with marshmallow topping for the cousin who has such a sweet tooth that his dining choices seem to invite cavities. And there you have it, the very thing you were trying to avoid: a refrigerator full...
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After we partake in the annual deluge of carbs and Americana-style side dishes that is a customary part of Thanksgiving, it is fair to say that our whole bodies are spent. The next day you inevitably wake up to what is essentially a food hangover--the aches and pains that serve as a quick reminder of the previous day's excess. You yawn, still groggy from the turkey's tryptophan-induced food coma. Stretching and scratching, you readjust your pajama pants where a bloated belly is pushing the limits of your elastic waistband. In brushing your teeth, you prepare those pearly whites and...
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Crunchy, salty corn chips. Hot melted cheese. Tangy salsa. Add 'em all up and what do you get? Nachos. It all started with one cheese stick and an 8-year-old's ingenuity to kick off a super nacho contest one evening. Nachos give kids an opportunity to get creative, and that's certainly a pro in my book. Take one bag of corn chips, one jar of salsa, add some condiments like olives, salami or ham slices--really, any grab-able contents on hand from your refrig--and let the kids get to work. And then get out of the kitchen. Yes, you heard me.
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When I was younger, my brothers and sister and I would combat the effects of cabin fever during the long Northern winters by spending every possible hour outside sledding. Our driveway was steep enough to provide ample speed, but not so steep that we were at risk of a kamikaze run into the garage door. The best conditions for sledding included a heavy snowfall, a warm day so the snow just started to melt, and then a quick freeze overnight. The result was a thin layer of ice that would have been deadly to old bones, but was just perfect for our sled runners. Besides...
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It's the perennial post-Thanksgiving dinner issue: what to do with all that leftover turkey? Love it or hate it? Ever think about getting your kids in on the act? It was just last year, when the big turkey dinner was done and the dishes were cleaned up, that my daughter asked to help her dad in an intriguing endeavor: picking the meat from the carcass. To see them bent over together, giggling and joking while discovering and salvaging each little piece of meat was one of those serendipitous moments oft overlooked. Yet it was that which she recalled weeks...
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Who doesn't just love stuffing? Bread, soaked in savory juices, baked crispy on top, soft and moist on the bottom. It is my favorite part of any holiday meal, partly because I'm a vegetarian and partly because I am a full-fledged card-carrying member of the Carboholics Club. You may say that I'm writing beyond the scope of my expertise. What does a chef who specializes in pastry have to do with stuffing? After all, you chop up vegetables, pour some broth over some old white bread or heck, just use the stuff straight out of the box. (Sound of a needle...
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If you're serving Thanksgiving dinner at your house, the last thing you need is another long and involved recipe - one that'll have you getting up another hour earlier. Now don't get me wrong: I know there are a lot of favorites out there. A lot of old tried-and-true, passed-down-through-the-generations recipes that y'all will be pulling out, preparing and (hopefully) passing around the table (with a smile). But ye old Turkey Day is not only a time to enjoy fabulous food and reconnect with family, but it's also a time when those of us who are hosting a whole shebang STRESS OUT...
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Some people love Thanksgiving only for the leftovers. Forget the main meal. That solitary midnight sandwich with the unlikely combination of carved turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and maybe a smear of gravy is the ultimate achievement of a day of hard work in the kitchen, or putting up with difficult relatives, or watching football. The days that follow then become a test of stretching one meal into as many formats as possible, from turkey soup to turkey pot pies, and turkey burritos to turkey gravy with mashed potatoes. For those who are up for the challenge, that...
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Every family has holiday traditions. Some are thoughtful and planned, like my husband's tradition of getting up at 3 a.m. each Christmas morning to make his homemade giant cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Others are merely the unconscious repetition of the same behavior until the act becomes an accepted part of the holiday celebration. Unfortunately, when I was growing up, my family's one Thanksgiving tradition fell into the latter category and I...
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You've got your whole Thanksgiving menu all planned to the hilt: the turkey, stuffing and sides. You know who's going to bring a sweet potato casserole, and which aunt is making your favorite apple pie. But have you stopped to contemplate one other element that is so crucial to the successful Thanksgiving feast? The proper tableware is every bit as important to the meal as the menu itself. That's why so many of us have serving dishes and chinaware that are dedicated exclusively to holiday time. Serving an important meal on these dedicated platters, serving bowls and dishes...
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Did you know that during the holiday season the typical person consumes an additional 600 calories per day? That's a lot of extra calories, especially for our littlest eaters! Usually those calories are loaded with fat and sugar. It's no wonder so many of us run for the gym come the New Year! As we ramp up for this busy holiday season, it's important to keep in mind that some of the treats we enjoy at holiday gatherings and when on the go can quickly add up to more than a day's worth of calories. During the normal course of the year it's a lot easier to eat moderately.
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It seems in the last few months, I've had such a variety of dishes that featured pumpkin: pumpkin soup, a pumpkin sauce to accompany lobster in the Virgin Islands, roasted pumpkin and squash at our first and last dinner party at our apartment. However, nothing, and I mean nothing, beats a straight up pumpkin pie. A Thanksgiving staple, at least in our house. My favorite way to have pumpkin pie is the morning after Thanksgiving, cold from the fridge. In my family, we would always "claim" our slices before the pie went into the fridge after Thanksgiving dinner....
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The mere suggestion of tweaking classic recipes at Thanksgiving has the potential to cause a familial uprising. I remember the year my younger brother first took over the turkey roasting. His personal touch of stuffing the cavity with herbs and oranges, nestling garlic cloves in between the skin and the breast, and covering the bird in bacon, was tantamount to sacrilege with certain family members. But once the citrus and herb aromas mixed with the scent of turkey juices and bacon drippings began wafting through the house, the rumblings began to subside. And if there...
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Like any other family, mine has several holiday traditions: some funny, some touching, and probably many that are quirky. On Thanksgiving, we all write what we are thankful for on little note cards and drop them into the "thankful jar." At dinner, we pass the jar around, taking out one note and reading it. Thanksgiving dinner, of course, is also full of traditions. I always made the cranberry sauce, my dad would take on the turkey and my mom made her famous sage dressing from a treasured family recipe. My mom was convinced that taking a walk...
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By the time you read this you are likely still eating leftovers from Thanksgiving. You've had turkey on sandwiches, turkey in soup, maybe even turkey in your breakfast hash. That turkey carcass is looking pretty picked over at this point. But before you send the remains to the garbage bin and the bird's final resting place, consider he might still have one more meal in him. The thing is, no matter how great of a turkey carver your Uncle Eddie is, it is nearly impossible to get every last scrap of meat scraped from the rib cage and thigh bone, wherein lie the...
by
As a kid I never dreamed I'd make a living baking. My grandmother and mother were first-class home bakers and they encouraged me to be creative in the kitchen. I still have the first cookbook I got when I was four. It's the Mickey Mouse Cookbook For Kids. Frozen waffle ice cream sandwiches were my specialty. Making them remains one of my all-time favorite childhood memories. Subsequent to my bravura performance with the waffle ice cream sandwiches, my mother sent me to cooking classes for kids. These courses taught us how to make simple, yet surprisingly elegant...
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Chances are that you read my article last week about simplifying your Thanksgiving menu and proceeded to completely ignore my advice. Don't worry, I understand; I am sure I will succumb to the pressure of pleasing everyone again this year as well. Mashed potatoes for your brother who insists they be on the table, greens for the health-conscious sister, sweet potato casserole with marshmallow topping for the cousin who has such a sweet tooth that his dining choices seem to invite cavities. And there you have it, the very thing you were trying to avoid: a refrigerator full...
by
After we partake in the annual deluge of carbs and Americana-style side dishes that is a customary part of Thanksgiving, it is fair to say that our whole bodies are spent. The next day you inevitably wake up to what is essentially a food hangover--the aches and pains that serve as a quick reminder of the previous day's excess. You yawn, still groggy from the turkey's tryptophan-induced food coma. Stretching and scratching, you readjust your pajama pants where a bloated belly is pushing the limits of your elastic waistband. In brushing your teeth, you prepare those pearly whites and...
by
Crunchy, salty corn chips. Hot melted cheese. Tangy salsa. Add 'em all up and what do you get? Nachos. It all started with one cheese stick and an 8-year-old's ingenuity to kick off a super nacho contest one evening. Nachos give kids an opportunity to get creative, and that's certainly a pro in my book. Take one bag of corn chips, one jar of salsa, add some condiments like olives, salami or ham slices--really, any grab-able contents on hand from your refrig--and let the kids get to work. And then get out of the kitchen. Yes, you heard me.
by
When I was younger, my brothers and sister and I would combat the effects of cabin fever during the long Northern winters by spending every possible hour outside sledding. Our driveway was steep enough to provide ample speed, but not so steep that we were at risk of a kamikaze run into the garage door. The best conditions for sledding included a heavy snowfall, a warm day so the snow just started to melt, and then a quick freeze overnight. The result was a thin layer of ice that would have been deadly to old bones, but was just perfect for our sled runners. Besides...
by
It's the perennial post-Thanksgiving dinner issue: what to do with all that leftover turkey? Love it or hate it? Ever think about getting your kids in on the act? It was just last year, when the big turkey dinner was done and the dishes were cleaned up, that my daughter asked to help her dad in an intriguing endeavor: picking the meat from the carcass. To see them bent over together, giggling and joking while discovering and salvaging each little piece of meat was one of those serendipitous moments oft overlooked. Yet it was that which she recalled weeks...
by
Who doesn't just love stuffing? Bread, soaked in savory juices, baked crispy on top, soft and moist on the bottom. It is my favorite part of any holiday meal, partly because I'm a vegetarian and partly because I am a full-fledged card-carrying member of the Carboholics Club. You may say that I'm writing beyond the scope of my expertise. What does a chef who specializes in pastry have to do with stuffing? After all, you chop up vegetables, pour some broth over some old white bread or heck, just use the stuff straight out of the box. (Sound of a needle...
by
If you're serving Thanksgiving dinner at your house, the last thing you need is another long and involved recipe - one that'll have you getting up another hour earlier. Now don't get me wrong: I know there are a lot of favorites out there. A lot of old tried-and-true, passed-down-through-the-generations recipes that y'all will be pulling out, preparing and (hopefully) passing around the table (with a smile). But ye old Turkey Day is not only a time to enjoy fabulous food and reconnect with family, but it's also a time when those of us who are hosting a whole shebang STRESS OUT...
by
Some people love Thanksgiving only for the leftovers. Forget the main meal. That solitary midnight sandwich with the unlikely combination of carved turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and maybe a smear of gravy is the ultimate achievement of a day of hard work in the kitchen, or putting up with difficult relatives, or watching football. The days that follow then become a test of stretching one meal into as many formats as possible, from turkey soup to turkey pot pies, and turkey burritos to turkey gravy with mashed potatoes. For those who are up for the challenge, that...
by
Every family has holiday traditions. Some are thoughtful and planned, like my husband's tradition of getting up at 3 a.m. each Christmas morning to make his homemade giant cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Others are merely the unconscious repetition of the same behavior until the act becomes an accepted part of the holiday celebration. Unfortunately, when I was growing up, my family's one Thanksgiving tradition fell into the latter category and I...
by
You've got your whole Thanksgiving menu all planned to the hilt: the turkey, stuffing and sides. You know who's going to bring a sweet potato casserole, and which aunt is making your favorite apple pie. But have you stopped to contemplate one other element that is so crucial to the successful Thanksgiving feast? The proper tableware is every bit as important to the meal as the menu itself. That's why so many of us have serving dishes and chinaware that are dedicated exclusively to holiday time. Serving an important meal on these dedicated platters, serving bowls and dishes...
by
Did you know that during the holiday season the typical person consumes an additional 600 calories per day? That's a lot of extra calories, especially for our littlest eaters! Usually those calories are loaded with fat and sugar. It's no wonder so many of us run for the gym come the New Year! As we ramp up for this busy holiday season, it's important to keep in mind that some of the treats we enjoy at holiday gatherings and when on the go can quickly add up to more than a day's worth of calories. During the normal course of the year it's a lot easier to eat moderately.
by
It seems in the last few months, I've had such a variety of dishes that featured pumpkin: pumpkin soup, a pumpkin sauce to accompany lobster in the Virgin Islands, roasted pumpkin and squash at our first and last dinner party at our apartment. However, nothing, and I mean nothing, beats a straight up pumpkin pie. A Thanksgiving staple, at least in our house. My favorite way to have pumpkin pie is the morning after Thanksgiving, cold from the fridge. In my family, we would always "claim" our slices before the pie went into the fridge after Thanksgiving dinner....
by
The mere suggestion of tweaking classic recipes at Thanksgiving has the potential to cause a familial uprising. I remember the year my younger brother first took over the turkey roasting. His personal touch of stuffing the cavity with herbs and oranges, nestling garlic cloves in between the skin and the breast, and covering the bird in bacon, was tantamount to sacrilege with certain family members. But once the citrus and herb aromas mixed with the scent of turkey juices and bacon drippings began wafting through the house, the rumblings began to subside. And if there...
by
Like any other family, mine has several holiday traditions: some funny, some touching, and probably many that are quirky. On Thanksgiving, we all write what we are thankful for on little note cards and drop them into the "thankful jar." At dinner, we pass the jar around, taking out one note and reading it. Thanksgiving dinner, of course, is also full of traditions. I always made the cranberry sauce, my dad would take on the turkey and my mom made her famous sage dressing from a treasured family recipe. My mom was convinced that taking a walk...