I was going to write a post about how this Christmas was the first I’d ever spent away from both of my parents, and how while I had a great time with my new family I was still sad about not being with my siblings, my aunts and uncles, my cousins. How at this time [...]
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Cranberries a la Symon
Iron Chef America, anyone? Last week they had a Thanksgiving special. They had to use ingredients from the first Thanksgiving (no thank you plucking duck feathers), so I was only mildly interested in recreating the recipes. There was one thing that struck my fancy, which Dan and I were determined to recreate. Naturally, it’s a [...]
Sweet Potato Casserole
A few years ago I got my tonsils out. And when I say a few years ago, I don’t mean as a child. I mean as an adult. It was an awful experience. On more than one occasion during the two weeks that I was completely incapacitated, a friend would walk into my apartment to [...]
Apple Cup Pies
I know, I know, two pie recipes in a row? What can I say, I love pie (I’m a baker at heart. I only cook real food to appease my stomach). Also, thanks to a tornado warning in D.C., I unexpectedly got the day off. And since Dan had already mentally committed himself to playing video games [...]
