Posted in Holidays, Vintage Recipes on December 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I know I haven’t blogged for awhile - but it’s been pretty hectic with the holidays and everything. We had a great Christmas Eve with Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans, Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits and a Chocolate Pecan Tart. I have to admit, I am totally Christmassed-out. I think it was that extra week between [...]
Posted in The Truth on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Hmmmm. Seems a brilliant individual decided that he could bring a two-liter bottle of vodka with him on his carry-on luggage, then decided that he’d rather chug it down than give it to Airport Security. Needless to say, instead of his trip home, he got a trip to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. Sheesh, the [...]
Posted in Cooking, Vintage Recipes on December 12, 2007 | 13 Comments »
This beautiful spread is from the 1952 “250 Ways to Prepare Poultry” cookbook. At first I didn’t recognize the roasted bird as a chicken, because I guess this is what a chicken looks like when it’s not shot up with hormones and antibitotics, and not fed with genetically altered super-corn. Kinda scrawny! But, it probably [...]
Posted in Holidays, Humor, Marketing on December 10, 2007 | No Comments »
When Warren Allerton Standish Pennington the Third wears his “Fun Pants,” Blackie the Lab knows he’ll be drunk before noon.
I laughed out loud more than once at this snarky commentary about the 2007 Brooks Brothers Christmas Catalog.
From Jezebel.com:
The Brooks Brothers catalog is for WASPs or those interested in dressing like WASPs. The clothes are safe, classic, predictable [...]
Posted in Marketing, WTF on December 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Big Holiday Party this weekend - made a stop at Binny’s to pick up liquor. I usually love Binny’s - it’s like a big box store of liquor and liquor-related items. It’s like a Disneyland for drinkers!
I wander the aisles with my husband all bright-eyed and in awe of humankind’s many different ways to [...]
Posted in Holidays, Marketing, WTF on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish pals out there!
I saw this yesterday and couldn’t help but chuckle a little. A blogger named Nancy Kay Shapiro happened to wander into her local NYC Balducci’s a few days ago and saw a few signs touting spiral cut ham, petite smoked ham and boneless ham as [...]
