Holiday Cooking: Dinner for 2 and Latke Recipes for Hanukkah

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. ~Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland(*)

Festive Cooking
For Hanukkah parties, fried foods are a must

"And on a holiday that revolves around a one-day supply of oil that miraculously lasted for eight days, part of the celebrating -- with or without the feathers and sparkles -- still means frying."

Hanukkah begins Friday at sundown, and one of our friends has already purchased colored paper and streamers, multi-colored candles and ...
... biodegradable dishes and cutlery for a party. She'll buy nuts and bolts at a hardware store for do-it-yourself menorahs, then stop by an arts and crafts store at the neighborhood mall for amusing decorations, ...
Full Story: For Hanukkah parties, fried foods are a must; Los Angeles Times

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Salt, ...
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Festive Cooking
Nigel Slater cooks a Christmas dinner for two

"In the first of his three-part Christmas cooking series, Nigel Slater finds festive cheer in a pheasant or two"

Nineteen cooking days to Christmas and I'm still not sure what will be in the oven on the big day. I like my Christmases short and sweet: a great one-off feast followed by a treasure chest of leftovers on Boxing Day. But it is rarely like that. For most of us, ...
Full Story: Nigel Slater cooks a Christmas dinner for two; Guardian.co.uk




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