One thing I do love about Thanksgiving is the bread. There is always a steaming pile of amazing dinner rolls, a crusty loaf, some baguette — whatever, I love it. I think I have come to love bread even more since I have made a long-term attempt to curb my carbs. But on Thanksgiving, I ...

I realize I'm in the minority, but I do not get excited about Thanksgiving food. I can live forever without another piece of pumpkin pie. I detest Cool Whip. All the food seems sort of mushy and brown and, well, boring. To Thanksgiving traditionalists (I'M TALKING TO YOU, MR. MEAT AND ...

So let's talk about Thanksgiving. I've always admitted that it's not my favorite kind of food. I'm not into turkey, and all of the food is too brown and too rich for my tastes. But my family is not ready to let me make lasagna for Thanksgiving, so I soldier on with most of the ...

If you're from Kansas, you may remember eating chili and cinnamon rolls at school lunch. For me, it was one of the few school lunches I would eat. My poor, long-suffering mother had to pack my lunch nearly every day of my public-school-going life because I was spoiled and picky, and beef ...

There is nothing like cracking open a beer at 7:15 in the morning. On a Wednesday. And while I may or may not have done just that with the express purpose of consuming said beer in my younger and more exciting days, I still get pretty excited about it even if I'm just going to pour it into a ...

If Meatless Monday is a thing, then I see no reason I can't make Meatball Wednesday a thing as well. Because much as I am game to have a meatless meal once a week, I am extremely fond of meatballs. I don't know what it is. I mean, I know that cheeseburgers are probably my guilty pleasure ...