RECIPE: Christmas Pancakes

[1] These festive pancakes with holiday seasonings taste great, even if you don’t stack them (photo © Zulka Sugar). [2] Start with quality maple syrup and turn it into cranberry-maple syrup (photo © King Arthur Flour).   We love this festive pancake recipe for the holidays, from Zulka Sugar. It incorporates an array of holiday…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tree & Wreath Christmas Crudités

Give the crudités some Christmas spirit. Top photo courtesy Superhealthykids.com; bottom photo courtesy MomEndeavors.com.   Recently we showed how to Christmas-ize your breakfast, lunch and dinner. But we saved the crudites for last. At any holiday gathering, it’s a good idea to have a raw vegetable platter (the French term, crudités, pronounced crew-dee-TAY, sounds much…
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TIP OF THE DAY: What To Do With Your Panettone Or Pandoro

Some people don’t know the delights of panettone and pandoro, Italian Christmas breads that are now in stores nationwide from. In Italy they’re Christmas and New Year’s staples, given as holiday gifts. Some Americans have adopted the tradition. For years we had friends who’d receive them as gifts, then put them aside like so much…
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