Once you layer yourself with enough wool to make peace with the cold, January can be a beautiful, restorative, and soul-enriching month.

Think of them as Liquid Comfort Food. In the evening of a cold winter day, there's nothing quite like snuggling on the couch under a...

When Christmas falls on a Wednesday (as it did this year) it creates a 16-day holiday. Behold-- The Lost Art of Sledding. The familiar...

More than any other holiday, Christmas goes hand-in-hand with music. The LP (as in long-playing) 33 1/3 RPM vinyl phonograph record first...

There is still time- not much, mind you- to find and purchase nice gifts. After a very late Thanksgiving, the calendar is racing toward...

Gingerbread can easily become Gingerbread Pudding. Why didn't we think of this before? An AI-Generated Gingerbread House. While shopping...

Now bring us some freakin' PUDDING! Upper Maine in winter, with Mt. Katahdin looming in majestic repose. Reds & Greens look great in the...

We will be posting exclusively about Christmas until... well, Christmas. Christmas is suddenly nigh, seemingly coming faster than usual...

Let's face it-- every election year, some of us feel more thankful than others. But no matter where one stands politically, the holiday...

For my upcoming birthday dinner, we turn again to classic cinema for culinary inspiration. Some movies are especially memorable for their...

The classic dish as it was meant to be... just in time for autumn! A few years ago America endured a sudden baby formula shortage that...

Could this scrumptious treat replace Buffalo Wings? I've been tinkering with drumsticks for years trying to get them just right-- crisp...

A long and labor-intensive simmer rids the lowly bulb of its tear gas and celebrates a soul-melting trio of sweetness, tang, and umami.

Want to clean up an acre of deep leaves in one afternoon? Want to avoid getting ripped off by a contractor? Go big or go home.

The Austrian variety Grüner Veltliner is relatively new to the Finger Lakes... and it's doing rather well. Grüner Veltliner-- "GROO-ner...

Deliciously cold mornings, warm sunny days, and the crackling, cider-like air at sunset conspire to make September my favorite month....

Dollar for dollar, you can't beat a great potato dish. I’d probably love potatoes even if I weren’t half Irish… but I’m guessing that it...

HOW TO SURVIVE UNTIL ELECTION DAY BY THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT POLITICS. “Hey-HEY! Ho-HO! < Insert Name Here > has GOT to GO!”...

I love onions. I use them– in one form or another of the genus Allium– in just about everything I cook that isn’t dessert. Aside from...

Beef prices are through the roof. Here's the antidote for me & my fellow steak lovers. If you find yourself reflexively gagging over $36...