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10 Couples Share Their Stories of a Holiday Just for Two — Apartment Therapy
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Loving and Leaving Behind My Tradition of Spritz Cookie Baking — Food & Ritual
Christmas is a grapple. We love the theory (feasting, giving, friends and family), even as we worry over the practice of cooking the food, choosing the gifts, and actually being with our families. We long to make the rites something more than rote, even as we wonder if it’s better to be more practical and less traditional. And right there in that grappling, right there between desire and duty, is the literal sweet spot where spritz cookies gnaw at me.
What Food Banks Really Want This Holiday Season — From Me to You
‘Tis the season to be giving — but how? If you’re thinking about volunteering your time on a regular basis, start with these five tips for finding the right opportunity for you. If you’re looking to do something charitable over the holidays without committing, your local food bank is a great place to start.
But don’t go rushing to the grocery store to stock up on canned goods just yet! We asked SuperFood Drive, a nonprofit committed to improving the health of the hungry, about what they really want. Their answers might surprise you.
14 Festive Salads for Your Holiday Table — Recipes from The Kitchn
Bring some festive cheer to your table with a delicious winter salad or two. From a vibrant roasted red cabbage slaw to a garlicky kale salad with grilled bread, these salads will complement any main dish and enliven your holiday dinner.
Recipe: Christmas Kolaches — Recipes from The Kitchn
Kolaches are a simple fruit-filled pastry. They are one of my husband’s favorite foods from both his childhood and his Czech heritage. Made with a simple yeast dough and a filling made from dried fruit, they taste like a much-less-sweet version of a classic breakfast pastry. They pair amazingly well with strong coffee and early holiday mornings.
When (and Why) You Should Spring for the Good Champagne — New Year’s Eve
Bubbly makes everything better: a night becomes an evening, and lunch becomes a rendezvous; a gathering is a celebration, and an intimate dinner for two becomes a pronouncement of intention. Bubbly is, in all its forms (Prosecco, Cava and Champagne), magical in its ability to enliven and uplift every occasion — but never quite as much as when the bubbly is Champagne.
What Is Jamaican Sorrel? — Ingredient Intelligence
This time of the year, down in the Caribbean island of Jamaica, the locals are pulling out their pitchers and punch bowls to make the traditional holiday drink called sorrel punch. What’s sorrel, you ask? Don’t confuse it with the leafy spring green, as I did when I first heard of the punch made with it. They may share the same name, but they’re quite different.
7 Kitchen Design Trends That Aren’t Going Anywhere — Apartment Therapy
10 Essential Things to Know About Meal Planning — Meal Planning
Meal planning. It’s one of those things you know you should do, but don’t. Until you finally give up all your resistance and you do. And then you go on to quickly discover that meal planning is saving your butt, each and every week. So if you don’t meal plan, check out these tips and get on board. And if you do meal plan, check out these tips to help you do it better.
7 Little Tricks That Will Make You Feel Like a Kitchen Wizard — Recipes from The Kitchn
Having a few kitchen tricks up your sleeve can make all the difference, whether you’re cooking a dinner party for 20 or just trying to get Wednesday supper on the table. Some tricks, like the one for vegan whipped cream, are magical. Others are as simple as snapping an ear of corn in half. All are fun, doable, and will have your friends exclaiming, “How did you know that?”