The Things We Cooked: Recipes We Loved This Year
We ate at home . a lot. Here are some of the things that gave us joy.
By
Houstonia Staff
12/24/2020 at 6:00am
Some old-school stuffing? Perfect for 2020.
Two years ago,
Houstonia staff members wrote about their favorite restaurant meals. This year? Suffice it to say we spent more time than usual in the kitchen in 2020.Â
So, we opted this time around to talk about our favorite recipes to follow. May 2021 include many more great kitchen accomplishments!
 (Though let s also beat this virus and eat in restaurants again, okay??)
Spiced Meatloaf Joins the Rotation
Houstonia staff get through the crazy stress of this crazy year.
By
Houstonia Staff
12/23/2020 at 6:00am
With all the, well, everything that has made up 2020, we ve all had to find our ways (besides wine) to cope with the sheer extent of stress and insanity that we ve had to deal with in this dumpster fire of a year. (And that comparison feels on the charitable side, let s be honest.) The
Houstonia staff has come up with all kinds of methods for getting zen, staying fit, and just managing it all, and now we re sharing what we ve learned on how to handle it all with you. Here s how we ve dealt:Â
The silver lining for 2020 is that we had more time than ever to consume the arts. We finally got to the stack of books that had been sitting on the nightstand for months. We were secretly glad to replace weekend plans with a nice, healthy Netflix binge. Once we discovered the joys of listening to podcasts instead of actually, you know, talking to people on our daily pandemic walks, there was no looking back.Â
Considering the pandemic is very much with us, and social distancing is still the way of the near future, as we close out 2020, the
Houstonia staff has rounded up our favorite things we read, watched, and listened during this strange, unprecedented year. So you can use these recs however you see fit, whether that means scanning this list to fill out your holiday downtime, or ordering up some of these titles for your own enjoyment in 2021.