Schmaltz
It’s officially Christmas around here chez Rose, as of five minutes ago. I know this because of what is on my stove. Schmaltz. “Is that even a real thing?” Chris asked. “Yes, it’s Yiddish for rendered chicken fat,” I said. “You can’t fry meat in butter or bacon fat if you keep kosher. So, poultry [...]
Good Citizenship For Donors
As the holidays approach and we are faced with the shopping and the cooking and the gatherings with friends and family, many people also consider it a time to remember the less fortunate. It is not uncommon to find collection bins for items or money at local businesses. Local media sources remind us of toy [...]
Christmas Greens Soup
This is a variation on a classic Italian escarole and sausage soup, using radicchio along with the escarole to give a red and white effect. Use vegetable stock and vegetarian sausage in place of the chicken stock and pork sausage to make this a vegetarian meal. You could also put in tortellini in place of [...]
Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal Short Cookies
So easy kids can make them with minimal supervision. The high butter content makes them crispy like shortbread instead of soft like a traditional oatmeal cookie. Made with instant oatmeal packets, they can be mushed together with your hands and plopped onto the baking sheet. They’re supposed to be pale in color, so pull them [...]
Apple Pork Tenderloin
The ultimate fall meal, roasted pork tenderloin rubbed with mustard, thyme, and brown sugar smothered with apple slices. The pork cooks tender and juicy, while the apples and other ingredients make a sweet and savory crust that needs no sauce. If you have picky kids, omit the mustard. Apple Pork Tenderloin [...]
New “Toy Reservation Service”: Yea or nay?
A few weeks ago, Toys R Us announced that it was launching a “toy reservation service” for the toys it predicted would be the hottest toys of the Christmas season. Parents who place a reservation (with down payment) by October 31 are guaranteed a toy when they are released before Christmas. Here’s a story about [...]
Hey, Canada
What’s on the menu for Thanksgiving on Monday? I’m guessing turkey, pumpkin spice latte cake, and poutine. Am I close?
Every Body at Christmas
It feels like a lot of us have a complicated relationship with our bodies and movement and food during the last three months of the calendar year. (Happy October, btw!) On the one hand, in a lot of parts of the world it’s getting cooler and we feel like cocooning and just snuggling on the [...]