When guests descend for the holidays, don't even pretend that every meal will be as special as the main event. Combine homemade dishes with convenience items to fill their bellies and give you a break. Story
[Times photo illustration: Patty Yablonski]
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Fill the holidays with extra cranberries
Are you a person who laughs hysterically as you pass the bags of fresh cranberries forming little mountains in the produce department? Think you'll be lucky if you can find the time to order a ready-made Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings?
Food file
Special events and food tastings
The Cincinnati reds: a city's unique chili
Charles Maak writes that he has been eating Cincinnati's unique chili in that city as far back as 1938 and shares this information.
Expect stone crabs to breeze in on chill winds
The arrival at last of a cold front may bring relief we can taste. A stormy blast or two of northwest wind will get stone crabs moving into the traps and onto our plates again.
