Dating ethnic foods for Christmas
Our family of six sisters had a tradition as we dated in high school and college. If you…
A bad gifter
I give bad gifts. Size 5 shoes to size 11 feet. Yogurt makers to the lactose intolerant. Diaries…
Baking for nobody
I just baked 12 dozen Christmas cookies for no one. I do the baking every year; the “no…
Christmas Jell-O
It just wouldn't be Christmas without Jell-O.
The Christmas card from strangers
This December week, I received precisely one dozen Christmas cards.
All the Whos down in Whoville
There's a difference between Going Green and Going Grinch.
Writing on the table
Come the Holidays, I feed a lot of people.
It’s not the flavor of odd holiday foods we crave, but the taste of home
Foods like fruitcakes, pig's jowls, and lutefisk are all but unpalatable, but we keep making them, year after year.
Hallmark movies: An antidote for a male-centered world?
Romances validate what women bring to the table.