Like most households after I was a toddler, mine didn’t actually embellish for Thanksgiving. We generally put paper cutouts within the form of a turkey
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Maven Moment: Cranberry Sauce
My earliest reminiscence of cranberry sauce is the canned pink jelly that Mom all the time served alongside the roast turkey at Thanksgiving. I can
Maven Moment: Homemade Pizza
As I bake my selfmade pizza, the perfume makes me consider my mother and Grandma Jennie. They all the time had staples like flour, sugar,
Maven Moment: An Old VCR
Mom beloved to look at cleaning soap operas within the afternoon. She labored from residence as a seamstress and would sew in entrance of the
Maven Moment: Old Furniture
My aunt in Italy nonetheless makes use of a number of the furnishings that her mom (my nonna) owned when she was a younger bride.
Maven Moment: Local, Autumn Grapes
I discovered a pleasant shock on the farmers market final week: aromatic, domestically grown Concord grapes. I remembered from a go to to our native
Maven Moment: Mom’s Old Address Book
Not so way back, virtually each family had an tackle e-book. In our home, we saved one proper by the telephone (it was a landline,
Maven Moment: Reusing Coffee Grounds
The aroma of espresso and the gurgling from the espresso pot when the espresso was prepared have been a big part of my mornings rising
Maven Moment: Cooling Off With Iced Tea
My grandma liked to drink tea. It appeared like she was at all times brewing a cup of Lipton tea. Even when it was sizzling,
Maven Moment: Homemade Ice Pops
I noticed an advert for plastic ice pop molds lately and it triggered a reminiscence from my childhood summers when Mom used related molds to
