Staying well: Tune up your immune system
The holiday season can be one of the happiest and busiest of the year. One thing you don’t need in December is a cold or the flu. It’s time to tune up…
Category: Seasonal
Why cats love Christmas trees
It’s more than the usual occasion for a kitten caper. The Christmas tree is positively catnip for felines, and no wonder. Plenty of shiny, dangling things…
The sneaky Christmas gift for WWII POWs
Soldiers play cards. It’s true today and it was true during World War II, especially for soldiers held captive. Knowing that, the U.S. and British…
Cards come with many faces
If you have a card player in the family, why not make a gift of some of the new fancy card decks? Non-card players especially tend to think of cards with…
Easy Christmas cocktail
Try this easy peppermint mimosa for six. Get a bottle of dry sparkling wine and six ounces of peppermint schnapps. In each champagne flute, pour an ounce…
Preparing the best drinks
* If a drink has three or more ingredients, shake it for 30 to 45 seconds to mix, chill, and dilute the liquor. * Want red rims on a cocktail glass? Wet a…
Before dinner: the aperitif
A dry drink of modest size stimulates the appetite and is a perfect introduction to a dinner party. The key is serving a drink that is not very sweet and…
Recognizing the Plymouth Thanksgiving
How the Pilgrims became America’s forefathers The town of Plymouth in Massachusetts has not always been well-known. The town and the Pilgrims who created…
Thanksgiving fun facts
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the U.S. In a letter to his daughter, he said the bald eagle had bad moral character….
At Thanksgiving dinner: Who will say grace?
Being chosen to say grace at a big family dinner is always an honor. Often, however, no one is chosen, though the prayer is expected and anticipated by…