We weren’t surprised when Charlie announced that he’d like to make a Wisconsin-themed stuffing for Thanksgiving this year. A happy resident of the Wisconsin Embassy (no matter what the Facebook metrics may say), Charlie wears his home state pride with unabashed enthusiasm. Among his fellow Mahattanites, he is easy to spot thanks to his #wisconsincasual [...]
Dear Past Molly, You had a pretty tough time with phyllo dough. You pounded and rolled and pressed and shimmied your dough for hours, and in the end it was more bark dough than leaf dough. You may have phylloed the burn, but you certainly didn’t phyllo the dough. That’s okay, I understand. You’re still [...]
Our friends' cherry tree stands as their perfect metaphor. Bright, strong, resilient, exceedingly generous and firmly rooted, the tree invites visitors and provides them with a hearty snack. It shades and supports them, and offers year-round entertainment. Its bumper crop of cherries might sag a lesser tree, but Pete and Mary Abraham's tree maintains perfect [...]
We harvested a bumper crop of buns last week, thanks to a miscalculation of party supplies. They rose in an intimidating mass following a neighborhood celebration of our friend Doug's 92nd birthday. I eyed them skeptically as I tidied the kitchen following the successful cookout. "What just happened?" I asked. "I ordered just enough buns [...]
My grandfather used to arrive in Appleton two days before Thanksgiving, just in time for the Community Nursery School's annual Thanksgiving Concert. Led by the ironically named Mrs. Gross, tiny students stood in a circle, paper turkeys on their heads, and earnestly belted out the holiday's anthem. Run turkey, run turkey, run far away. For [...]