Blog Posts from November 2009
Here's an archive of our blog posts from November 2009. Click on the title to see the full post.
Here's a healthy cookie to lighten up that jar!
We wondered if we would miss the butter in our favorite version of Oatmeal Raisin Pecan Cookies. The answer? Read and find out!
Old songs stuck in my head!
What songs get stuck in your head and why?What do you fix when the feast is finished?
Dinners for the weekend after Thanksgiving are a challenge at Beverly's house.
Classic Turkey Tetrazzini makes leftovers taste terrific!
We've been known to cook an extra-big turkey just to have enough meat left over to make this classic dish!
Thanksgiving Help: Emergency Hotlines a Call Away!
Preparing for the feast can make the best of us second-guess our cooking and baking times. If you have a full-fledged disaster or even a minor question, help is standing by!
Six-Minute Cranberry-Orange Relish: Close to grandmother’s without all the work!
Six-Minute Cranberry-Orange Relish is close to my grandmother’s original relish yet only requires, literally, six minutes start to finish. Compromise never tasted so good.
Holiday meals make essential memories: Guest Blogger Umit Celebi contemplates food as part of a lifelong story
Food plays the central role in the story of our basic survival. It is also an important supporting player in our life story. Never is that more apparent than the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the holiday itself.
President Obama isn't the only one who loves Pecan Pie!
Maybe if we all email this recipe to our friends and post it to our Facebook profiles, somehow it will wind its way to the White House. So help me out here people – it’s worth a try!
Local Food and Local Knowledge with Liza Gyllenhaal: Dressing Green Beans Up for the Holidays
Whether combined with ginger and lemon, coaxed into a casserole or given a Spanish spin, beans are something Liza Gyllenhaal knows a thing or two about!
Don't sweat Thanksgiving menu! It always works.
On all other days guests might be passing judgment on your menu. But on Thanksgiving, the cook gets a free pass.
Eat Me in Manhattan! A pork tenderloin worth the trek
Umit's blog posts, called Eat Me in Manhattan, will tell you where to go in New York and what to cook. "I am most interested in helping my male brethren produce mouth-watering meals at home," he says.
Eat Me in Manhattan! Introducing our newest Guest Blogger Umit Celebi
We're thrilled to introduce our newest Guest Blog -- Eat Me in Manhattan -- by Umit Celebi. Come find out how one man shops and cooks in New York City!
Thanksgiving imperfection? Tell us about your favorite T-Day disaster!
Alicia fesses up to her biggest Thanksgiving Day disaster, so now, what was yours?!
What's your favorite recipe for making cranberry sauce?
What's your favorite recipe for making cranberry sauce? Of all the choices, Cranberry Sauce with Port and Figs is probably my favorite.
What happens when the cashier gets to decide how old you are? Guest Blogger Debbie Moose finds out!
What happens when the supermarket cashier gets to decide how old you are? Guest Blogger Debbie Moose sounds off!
Reader's "redo" makes Maque Choux even faster!
When one of our Desperation Dinners readers takes on one of our recipes, the work just goes by even faster! Maque Choux gets subjected to group think!
Do we think we can dance? Not exactly...
A tango class in Buenos Aires turns out to be more than just a dancing lesson.
Edamame: An easy, healthy appetizer. Just hold the worms!
Thanks to the glories of frozen vegetables and the younger generation of Americans who are obsessed with healthy foods, edamame has moved into the mainstream.
Come have "Coffee and Convo" with Alicia and tell us what's on your mind!
Starting today, we’re creating a new blog category exclusively for Alicia and the kinds of things you talk about with friends over coffee. It's call, appropriately, Coffee and Convo with Alicia!
Kitchen Scoop Home Page features something new
Kitchen Scoop Home Page features something new – our very first sponsorship in the form of an ad featuring Rita Monti dinnerware. We thought perhaps you, our readers, might wonder what’s up with that?
Marathon season makes little sense to me!
Does it seem like all of YOUR friends are training for marathons too? Running 26 miles in one stretch, without ever haven even done it before? What on Earth could the motivation be?
Rain can't completely cancel the California Walnut Harvest!
When Alicia got invited to the annual walnut harvest, she was pretty excited to be heading to sunny California in October. Who doesn’t love California at harvest time?
How walnuts get from the tree to you: A photo tour
Alicia toured California walnut orchards and processing plants to discover how the nutritious little nuggets get to her kitchen. Here's a photo tour!
Handy peeler puts a spin on cooking with apples
Alicia says it’s worth using an apple peeler when she has to peel, core and slice more than three apples. Here are her pros and cons!
