oooooooh! There is a second season of Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen! Huzzah. Every night this week! Huzzah again! OK, it’s on BBC2 and I live in the U.S. but such trifles never stopped me before and they will not stop me now. OK, it is no more realistic than the last series. None of us really [...]

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I was gonna do a whole “Healthy Holiday eating” thing but Governor Patterson’s plan to tax non-diet soda has really put me off this morning. Still, there’s no reason that you and your diet should suffer just because I’ve thrown a strop. Epi-Log’s Healthy Eating at Holiday Parties is a nice link round up on [...]

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Shhhh. Don’t tell her but I am about to reveal my mother’s secret for the lightest, fluffiest matzoh balls ever. Sparkling Water. There. Now you know. Oh sure – she used to go the seltzer/club soda route but those can add a taste you often times don’t want. Sparkling water? Nada. All it adds is [...]

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This holiday season I wound up baking like I’ve never baked before in my life. Having been spared the duties of preparing the Christmas meal, I was instead enjoined to provide dessert, and baked goodies for the inevitable extended family visits over the week to come. Now I’m not usually one for baking. It hasn’t, [...]

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By which I mean I’m posting it at the last minute, though if you live in the kind of place where you can lay your hands on pork sausage meat at the last minute before Christmas Dinner, that works too!  The great thing about this recipe is that only is it incredibly versatile, given the [...]

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