by Jane Sweeney | Dec 20, 2016 | Recipes, Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Party!
This month is full of reasons to stock up on festive dinner recipes. Sure there are special meals to be shared on Christmas and Hanukkah, but there are also the nights when out-of-town family arrive and when the neighbors (and their 10 kids) come over for dinner. To...
by Caroline Siegrist | Dec 17, 2016 | Recipes, Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Party!
There’s nothing like the perfect cocktail — or two! — to make your holiday party a little merrier (and greatly increase the chances of an end-of-night singalong). While we love eggnog (with or without booze), mulled wine, and mulled cider, we also...
by Stacie Billis | Dec 13, 2016 | Recipes, Christmas, Holiday Cooking
I’m a big fan of eggnog, but with eggs, cream, whole milk and sugar, it’s no joke. Especially if you make yours boozy the way that I like to make mine. So, yea, it’s a once a year treat in my house, which is too bad given how much the kids and I love...
by Jane Sweeney | Dec 13, 2016 | Tips + Tricks, Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Recipes, Thanksgiving
This year, I chopped and prepped many of my holiday dinner ingredients ahead of Thanksgiving. I still had plenty to do in the kitchen the day of, but it was more relaxed — my mom and I peeling apples (and sipping champagne) instead of chopping onion after onion....
by Georgette Gilmore | Dec 12, 2016 | Tips + Tricks, Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Party!, Shopping Finds
Cookies, cakes, gingerbread, oh my! The holidays are here and they’re made even sweeter by the treats that mark, oh, pretty much every holiday occasion. If you’re baking sweets to give as gifts, bring to your kid’s holiday party at school, take to...