Thanksgiving is a BIG deal in the United States. Children in the USA don't just get the day off school on Thanksgiving Day, they practically get the whole week off depending on the State in which they are celebrating Thanksgiving. Not only is it a time to gather family together, it's the busiest travel day of the year too. American Thanksgiving has been the topic of many TV shows and movies and with so much pomp and circumstance surrounding it, it's about time we embrace …
Thursday Night Cocktail: Apple Pie On The Rocks
This is not your Grandma’s apple pie. Or maybe it is your Grandma’s apple pie, but it’s the one she hid in the kitchen and likely the reason she had to go back just once more to bring out the extra cups or napkins or a smidge more whipped cream, every time she hosted family dinners. Think about it! Grandma was gone a lot and didn’t she lose some of her social filters as the evening wore on? Who can blame her? Hosting family dinners for so many consecutive years calls for a bit of …
Ask Millicent: Seating Arrangements Ruining Holiday Meals
Dear Millicent, I’m kind of dreading the holidays, and since the season is on us there’s no escaping them. I love my family and we always have fun seeing each other and eating and drinking way too much, and reunions would be great were it not for one thing. My sister-in-law, who I otherwise see eye-to-eye with and even really like, insists on seating adults and kids at separate tables. To me these seating arrangements smack of an era when kids were seen and not heard and I want my children …
How to Have Delicious Turkey Soup for Free (a Mooching-Off Relatives Tale)
I love soup. Soupy, soup soup. And when turkey time of year rolls around, I get a little flutter of glee because I know that I’m going to score me some delicious turkey soup. And it will cost nada. You have to make it, but who cares? SOUP FOR YOU. Pay attention to me, grasshopper, and I will teach you the way of the free-soup ninja. Know the Turkey Soup Situation If you’re like most people in the world, you’ll be invited to a “traditional” Thanksgiving meal where your …
