Lucky foods to start 2025
We've written before about foods that are traditional to eat on the first day of the New Year to bring about good fortune and prosperity, but for me this never gets old. First, I majored in anthropology, so cultural…
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New Year's cookbook and cooking intentions
We are just a couple of hours away from 2025 (and some of our Members are already in the new year), so it's time to reflect on the past year and look forward to our aspirations for the next. In 2024, I wrote that my…
Food news antipasto
This is the last antipasto for 2024, and we start out by celebrating one of my favorite foods: the humble potato. Wired brings us a glow up of the ever-so-versatile spud, naming it the 'most perfect vegetable' - and…
After Christmas sales to get everything Santa forgot
Now that the wrapping paper and ribbons are gathered up it's time to assess what items on your wish list were overlooked - or to make plans for the gift cards you received. I was surprised with a Nordic Ware gift…
Eating during twix-mas
The days from Christmas to New Year's can seem like a food purgatory as you wait a week for the next big party after indulging in a huge feast. What to feed everyone in this in-between time can be a challenge. There are…
Good reasons to eat cookies and cheese
Often when a food study is conducted on something that isn't a known healthy item like vegetables, the result indicates that we shouldn't eat it because it raises cholesterol or is linked to cancer. However, two recent…
Have yourself a crabby little Christmas
Everywhere you look during the holidays, someone is making gorgeous treats. Adorable gingerbread houses, twee cookie trays, impeccable and realistic Bûche de Noël. But what's available for the crabby among us who aren't…
Food news antipasto
We learned this week that restaurant critic Grace Dent will replace Gregg Wallace as a judge for the next series of Celebrity MasterChef. She will front the show alongside longtime host John Torode. Wallace stepped…
When a night owl has to make breakfast
I am not a morning person. Ever since I can remember, I have preferred to stay up late and sleep in the next morning. Making it to the office on time has always been a struggle, and although I have done it for decades,…
Olive oil prices set to drop in 2025
After years of sharing stories about crop failures and record-setting high prices for olive oil, there is finally some good news to deliver. Olive oil prices are going to come down next thanks to an excellent harvest in…
Best books by the experts 2024
Who knows cookbooks better than the owners of specialist cookbook stores? They stock and sell thousands of cookbooks and because their stores are focused on food and drink books, they are true experts. They read the…
Festivus, an airing of grievances
Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular…