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Putting the Thanks Back Into Thanksgiving

Last year, Sandy from the food blog "Eat Real" noticed that November was the invisible month tucked between October's Halloween and December's Christmas. She resolved to change that. "Last week I was shopping in Target, when I was struck by the odd ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  21 Nov 2009

Love Affair of the Decade: A Cowboy, A Blogger and a Community

Harry & Sally. Rhett & Scarlett. Lancelot & Guenevire. Lucy & Ricky. Johnny & Baby. Name famous romantic couples and since 2007, Marlboro Man and The Pioneer Woman deserve a spot in the Top Ten. She wows us with cute punks and close-ups of cattle. ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company

The Great Thanksgiving Pie Challenge

Forgive the coarse language but there's no other way to put this: The State of American Pie? It sucks. I'm four months into The Great Hunt for Homemade Pie, ordering pie at every restaurant that claims to make 'homemade' pie. From truck stops famous ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Martha Stewart,  Ina Garten,  Apple, Inc.

Rethinking Fruitcake

Today's gratitude goes to Glenna from A Fridge Full of Food for her reminder that (1) it's time to make fruit cake and (2) for anyone turning up her nose or turning away to gag, loving fruit cake starts with examining our expecations. Glenna puts it so ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  10 Nov 2009

Three Vegetables to Cozy Up to When the Weather Turns Cold

Research says that we cook the same 20 dishes again and again. Again and again. Again and again. (And again.) Sure, every six months, we drop one and replace it with another. Eating in rhythm with the seasons changes that. Each season, each month, ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  7 Nov 2009

Ten Healthy & Frugal Ideas for November

Somehow it seems apt that the time changed for many of us at the close of October, the eve of November. The evening's darkness, it seems to signify a time for nesting, for nestling in with family and loved ones, 'not forgetting your own dear' self as ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  3 Nov 2009

Ghosts & Goblins Begone: Day of the Dead

Día de los Muerto, Latin America's 'Day of the Dead' and its developments across the diaspora, is not somber or gruesome or scary, it's a joyous celebration to honor departed loved ones. In part, Day of the Dead (or more accurately, 'Days' of the Dead, ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: San Diego State Aztecs

Classic Pudding Recipes for Memory-Making Moms

What is about pudding that sweeps me straight back to childhood? Mention tapioca pudding and instantly I'm standing at my mom's side in the kitchen, talking with my hands to show her -- in detail, exactly -- what happened on the playground at school ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  27 Oct 2009

Cooking the Books: Favorite Cookbooks from Deborah Madison

When I slipped into Santa Fe for a few days last summer, a friend clued me in. "Keep your eyes open for Debbie Madison, she's a regular at the Santa Fe farmers market." No such luck! But when the subject of favorite vegetarian cookbooks -- heavens, ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sophia Loren

I Can't Believe It's Butter.

And it's not, not really. It's apple butter and pear butter and pumpkin butter. It's just fruit and sugar (some times) cooked long and soft with fragrant spices until dreamy smooth. What is it, if it's not butter? Homemade. Homegood. "Homemade Heaven" ...

From ALANNA KELLOGG, BlogHer,  20 Oct 2009

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