Last Saturday was my mother’s 80th birthday, and as a family (by which I mean my sister and I) we decided that instead of going out to dinner we would hold an open house at my sister’s with a finger food buffet. Given that there woud be at least 20 people present, a sit-down dinner [...]

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So it’s that time of year gain, and I am once more preparing for Thanksgiving. This is a task made slightly more difficult by a) living in Britain, and b) cooking for a family largely unfamiliar with American food.
On the plus side, their idea of American food at Thanksgiving would be satisfied for them if [...]

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 I’ve attended not one but two barbecues over the weekend and been exposed to far too much charcoal . Even without the choking smoke, two barbecues in the space of twenty four hours is a bit much for anybody, let alone when one is full of family and the other is full of Uber Homos.
Now [...]

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I’ve never really been much a one for Easter, as holidays go. I was never a huge fan of chocolate, even as a toddler found the idea of a huge bunny hopping about the globe dispensing candy to good Catholic children somewhat unconvincing, loathed the idea of having to eat fish on Good Friday, and [...]

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So another Thanksgiving has come and gone. This one went fine, though for me it was a tad lacklustre. I think I need to fire up the menu next year; make it more interesting for myself. This year just felt a bit “baste the turkey, blah blah… make the stuffing, blah blah.. scream at mother, [...]

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