Chris Nordquist
Thanksgiving’s over, the Holiday season is here, and it’s time to get out the glue guns and glitter. Last week I made a group of towers out of pinecones and hazelnuts to decorate the sideboard in our dining room in the City. The materials were simple, inexpensive, and easy to get, and the construction was […]
In recent years, we’ve begun our Thanksgiving dinner with a warm comforting bowl of butternut squash soup. I always like the idea of squash or pumpkin soup, but I don’t really like most of the soups themselves. Generally they’re too sweet and heavy for my taste. I’ve kept at it, though, and I’ve come up […]
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’m always up for cooking something new for dinner. When it comes to Thanksgiving, though, I become a rigid and sentimental traditionalist. I want it all just like last year and the year before, and for me that means turkey with sage stuffing, mashed potatoes and pan gravy, […]
I’m still close enough to the diaper years to think that any flight where I don’t have to change a diaper is a good flight. Here are a few tips for making air travel with little ones as efficient and pleasant as possible. Bon voyage!
It was genuinely cold outside in New York today, and the Holidays are just around the corner. Time for whiskey drinks. Here is a video about three delicious cocktails you can make all winter with just three key ingredients –rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and Angostura bitters. (Recipes below.) Cheers! Recipes Old Fashioned 1 sugar cube […]
