Jazz up your feast with ‘The Christmas Table'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Amy Culbertson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Stuck in the same-ol'-same-ol' rut for your holiday meals? A new cookbook called "The Christmas Table: Recipes and Crafts To Create Your Own Holiday Tradition" by Diane Morgan (Chronicle Books, $19.95) will get you fired up with new inspiration. A complete guide to ...
For holiday entertaining, simple steps make it easy to cut costs, keep fun
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Alyson Ward
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Party planning has a way of getting out of hand. You decide to invite a few friends over, and the next thing you know you've spent the month's food budget on six kinds of fancy olives. Besides that, who has the money to throw an elaborate party these days?
But good ...
There's great chemistry in Christmas cookies
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Marybeth Jacobson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT) - Christmas cookies are greater than the sum of their parts. We don't need a food chemist to tell us that. But we do need food scientists to explain the role each ingredient plays in creating that perfect combination of flavor, texture and appearance that make all ...
Cooking a traditional country ham
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Kathleen Purvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It sounds so simple in the story of my country ham journey. "I cooked the ham the traditional way, soaking it in water overnight and simmering it in a big pot all day. Then I cut away the skin, scored the fat and baked it until it was sizzling."
The reality wasn't so ...
History, salt, sugar and prayer go into real country ham
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Kathleen Purvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - In the A.B. Vannoy Ham House, on a steep side street off U.S. 221 in Ashe County, N.C., the ham room is upstairs. Hundreds of hams hang from wooden beams, each wrapped in brown paper and a loosely woven, white stocking.
To get there, you climb narrow wooden stairs as ...
Disappearing art of the country ham
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Kathleen Purvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - The slow-cured country ham is the opposite of fast food.
It is also one of North Carolina's oldest culinary traditions.
And it may be poised to make a bigtime comeback. CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Salty. Leathery. The skin dried so hard, it can take a band saw to cut through ...
No-hassle holiday lights
McClatchy Newspapers
12/12/2008, by Katy Moeller
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - When you see Mary Floyd's home after dark during the Christmas season, it's hard to believe her when she says she used to be a Grinch about decorating the outside of her house. She claims she once enjoyed coming home to an unadorned "black hole." The single mom, who ...
ABCs of evergreen TLC
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12/12/2008, by Beth Botts
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Indoors, up go boughs of holly. A green garland twines the banister. Candles are scented with pine. And soon, at the heart of many homes, cloaked in regalia that sparkles with memories, an evergreen tree likely will be at the center of celebration, hugs and delight. ...
Click and mail: Postal Service card shop cuts out middle man (you)
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12/11/2008, by Emilie Le Beau
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - You're busy. Add in a lengthy holiday to-do list and you are beyond busy. Sending holiday cards to family, friends and business associates is important, but do you realistically have the time? Well, maybe this year those cards will actually be sent. The U.S. Postal Service ...
Deck the hearth this holiday season
McClatchy Newspapers
12/11/2008, by Catherine Mallette
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - As the holidays approach, home becomes where the hearth is. To dress up your fireplace this season, start by deciding on a color scheme or mood. Are you more whimsical and light-hearted? Consider a woodland scene with greenery and trees dotted with animal ornaments and ...
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