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Thanks to multiple rounds of entertaining over the Thanksgiving, I only had about a cup of cranberry sauce left this time around. This was just the right quantity to allow me to write a tidy little epilogue to my American story about the melding of my Southern Hemisphere roots, my New England sojourn, and all [...]

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People tend to get touchy about any foods deeply tied to holiday tradition, and the humble cranberry sauce is no exception.  What seems like a simple matter of fruit and sugar has the potential to set off firestorms of difference of opinion.
My mother, for example, is a purist.  She insists on the absolute bare basics: [...]

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You’d think I’d have more time on my hands now that I’m a student, but if the past two weeks are any indication, you’d be wrong.  I’d forgotten how students don’t really have down time, how you’re constantly shuttling between campus and off-campus, and how all off-campus time is time that could and ideally should [...]

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Crimson Madness

Damn that real life, getting in the way of blogging. Here’s hoping it will be more respectful in the future.While I was gone, autumn officially arrived. Oh, sure, it’s getting colder and wetter, the days are shorter, and the leaves are turning, but that isn’t what makes it official. What makes it official, for [...]

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