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December 2001

Volume II, Number 12
A Community Newsletter of Tasty Tips, Quips, Recipes, and Ruminations on Food and Cooking
Susan Peery, Editor

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December

News and Views

Across the Table

Around the Neighborhood

Food Fight


2000

September, October, November, December


Favorite Cookbooks

December — How lucky that the darkest month has the warmest holidays, festivals of light and hope. We know it’s more than serendipity. Even the woods outside, at first glance sere and gray, are brightened by red winterberries, russet oak leaves, and the flash of blue jays and cardinals. Time to get out the cookie cutters, bring in the tree, mull the cider, light the candles, and invite the neighbors for supper. From our New England village to your community, whatever the size, we offer the following:

News and Views:

What the Locals Know: Figgy Pudding from the Inn at Easton, Maryland

Always Stop at a Hardware Store

Gourmet Beef Jerky (Is That an Oxymoron?)

Inn at Easton
Photos courtesy of Pearson Photography © 2001 Celia Pearson. All rights reserved.


Coming in January:

Scones, Scones, Lovely Scones

Winter Salads

Staying Warm with Horseradish

Across the Kitchen Table:

Cardamom and Why We Love It

"Feeste and cheere" at godecookery.com

What Size Pan? A Handy Reference


Around the Neighborhood:

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Favorite Cookbook: This month, one for peace of mind and another for festive culinary inspiration. These are two different things (and books), but both come in handy when you entertain during the holidays!

Keeping Entertaining Simple: 500 Tips for Carefree Gatherings, by Martha Storey (Storey Books, 1998).

Party Food, by Barbara Kafka (William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1992).


Food Fight - Long-simmering controversies about cooking

Are black baking pans superior to shiny ones? Does it matter?

Last bite - Cookie Season

Cooking, Food & Wine