When I lived in Sacramento, one of my favorite Christmas traditions was the Christkindlmarkt (Christmas market) at the Turn Verein, a German community center in my old neighborhood. After browsing craft tables, buying a Christmas tree ornament, German Christmas cookies and maybe a sausage sandwich, I would make a visit to the glühwein stand. Glühwein …
This is the 25th anniversary of my eggnog. Wow. That deserved its own paragraph. It’s quite an old reliable friend. I first made it for Thanksgiving in 1985 from a recipe, Nat’s Eggnog, in the Sugar & Spice section of the December 1985 issue of Gourmet. I still have that stained page: “My husband used …
It’s strawberry season in North Carolina. I found a farm stand close to my house – Porter Farms in Willow Spring on Hwy 42. They have all sizes of containers for sale, and it’s even cheaper if you pick your own. That night we had (store-bought) angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream on …
My maternal grandmother was Lithuanian and she was definitely the family matriarch. We spent many weekends and most holidays with her, grandpa (the Irish one) and lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. Grandma was always trying to fatten us up and lived in a neighborhood full of bakeries (Lithuanian, Portuguese and Italian) in east Cambridge …
Grabbing the Gusto 