Warm-from-the-oven sticky pecan rolls will make Christmas, or any special morning, memorable
Becky Krystal, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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Sticky Pecan Rolls.Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.
There was a lot of bread baking this year. Witness the disappearing flour and yeast off grocery store shelves, the uptick in sourdough. I ve lost track of how many practical loaves I made in 2020 for all those lunches I ve been eating at home, but sometimes it s nice to mix in a purely celebratory bake.
That s where these Sticky Pecan Rolls by food blogger and cookbook author Joy the Baker Wilson come in.
Let these chocolate cups filled with cannoli cream be the sweet start to a new year
Ellie Krieger, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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Chocolate Cups With Ricotta Cream and Raspberries.Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.
Like the start of a new year, chocolate dessert cups waiting to be filled are brimming with possibilities. Here, that potential is realized in a sumptuous and healthful treat, loaded with cannoli-style ricotta cream and fresh raspberries. Accented with mint leaves and showered with confectioners sugar, it s a dessert that has the sparkle and elegance to match a glass of bubbly and set just the right mood for watching the ball drop.
Vegetarian wontons are a delight to eat in this light, fragrant soup
Joe Yonan, The Washington Post
Dec. 22, 2020
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Vegetable Wonton Soup.Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.
No matter how you consume a wonton, one bite and you understand why the word translates from the Cantonese as cloud swallow, as Grace Young writes in her masterful book The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen. That s what it feels like to eat these slippery, ethereal, delicate creations.
I love wontons fried. I love them boiled and served in a spicy oil. But most of all I love eating them in a soup broth. I haven t had a great wonton soup in ages, probably because it s harder to come by vegetarian versions of them in my favorite Chinese restaurants. But a recipe in Kwoklyn Wan s new book soon had me folding wonton wrappers around filling, boiling them for a few minutes and pouring steaming vegetable broth on them.
9 Lucky New Yearâs Food Traditions
From black-eyed peas to lentils to soba noodles, these foods and others are believed to bring good luck in the new year.
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From black-eyed peas to lentils to soba noodles, these foods and others are believed to bring good luck in the new year.
Champagne, noise makers and confetti are all New Year’s Eve staples. But, in some parts of the country and the world, so are black-eyed peas, lentils, grapes and pickled herring. Hailing from the Low Country of South Carolina to Japanese noodle houses to Pennsylvania Dutch homes, these are seven lucky dishes traditionally eaten around the New Year to bring good fortune.
A smaller bowl this year, but the same punch
M. Carrie Allan, The Washington Post
Dec. 18, 2020
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4of6A Pear-tridge in a Chai Tea.Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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It s mid-December, and usually by this time of year, I would have made at least five batches of celebratory punch for the holidays. I would have made at least one for Thanksgiving, probably one or two for various office parties, still more for get-togethers with friends. The kitchen would warm with the scent of pears and lemons roasting with spices. My car would smell vaguely of layered citrus fruits from small mishaps of transport as I move batches around the area: to friends houses, to the office cafeteria, to family celebratio