I alway cook my Thanksgiving turkey on the Weber grill. Not everyone has that technology, and some people have turkey at Christmas. This is a source of minor disagreement with my brother, who loves him some pan gravy which you can’t get using a Weber. I always compensated by cooking some turkey wings in the…

This is my final experiment of the 2020 holiday season. It’s not Mackinac fudge, but it still tastes really good. It is chocolate-forward plus the coffee and the almonds bring it all together as a holiday treat. I hope you like it. 3 cups sugar2 sticks butter1/8 teaspoon salt5 ounces evaporated milk2 tablespoons dark Karo…

It’s almost winter, and it’s getting cold and snowy. A hot bowl of oyster stew might get you through the day. Now, my dad’s recipe was oysters, milk, and pepper. You needed a lot of oyster crackers to make the bowl worth eating. I’ve updated that to include a lot more flavor: onion, leeks, anise…

Ok, they are a classic; I did it straight up, no deviation. As classic as it comes. I know they’re Dutch. I would credit someone with this, but so many people take credit for them that I don’t know who to give credit to. So like the famous baseball announcer Ernie Harwell (look him up…

It’s been a crazy year, but there are some things we do to try to hold on to normal, like follow traditions. Even those can be difficult this year. With everything else going on, it’s easy to forget about the cookie swap, the office party (social distancing required), or neighbors’ gifts (if they didn’t move…