Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without cranberry sauce. When I was a kid all we had was the stuff from a can. Sometime later my mother started making a fresh cranberry relish with oranges. I like the relish but I missed the spreadable goo. So I headed to the kitchen and developed my own recipe. [more]

One traditional dish I can’t get enough of at Thanksgiving is squash and apples. My mom makes the best… but… she only uses one type of squash, but I want more squash! Not that there is anything wrong with butternut squash, but why not add acorn or other winter squashes? They are all equally delicious. [more]

For ComputerNerd, Thanksgiving would not be complete without mashed potatoes. Long ago, one of his uncles codified a rule with respect to mashed potatoes, and it goes as follows: if you think you have enough potatoes for mash… add five more and reevaluate. I’ve seen it in action. The rule works. Let’s face [more]

Have you ever had one of those days where you have the funk? The kind of day when nothing is going right? When you really just want to crawl back into bed, cry yourself to sleep, and start again tomorrow morning. Today is one of those days for me. However, being a homemaker me being in a funk [more]

Since moving into our house a few years ago, we have yet to find decent Chinese takeout. Both ComputerNerd and I were very spoiled when it came to Chinese takeout. ComputerNerd had a really great local place run by a sweet Chinese woman who admittedly makes some of the best [more]