Category: Food & Drink
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Have Yourself a Merry Cherry Christmas
The holidays are a time for being with one’s loved ones, for giving gifts and giving thanks, and for feasting on seasonal favorites. I’m a compulsive baker all year round, but I get particularly antsy for something sugary and flour dusted come December, spending each weekend searching for a project in the festive vein. And…
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Gettin’ Our Pumpkin (Chiff)on
My family is big on traditions. From the stories we tell around the dinner table to the music we play while laying out the Christmas ornaments to the specific phrasing we use to say goodnight, we like things done a certain way, over and over again, until the end of time (usually followed by my…
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Say (Beer) Cheese!
Have you ever discovered that something you thought was totally commonplace, so normal that you never even gave it a second thought, was actually entirely unique to your specific existence? It blows your mind. It shakes up your world for a second. I had one of these moments recently, a mini-earthquake of my existence, all thanks…
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Bless your heart, New York. You tried to make a mint julep.
This post is the first in an ongoing series titled “Bless Your Heart, New York,” in which we ever so sweetly remind the Big Apple of the things they are doing oh so wrong. Bless their hearts. Dear New York, I have a bone to pick with you. Lately I’ve noticed a trend in what…
Zelda & Scout 