Turkey with a classic American cornbread stuffing with chestnuts is a favourite Christmas meal of our contributing food editor, Andrew Chase.
Give your holiday bird a southern twist with this pecan stuffing. The turkey and gravy are further flavoured with a little bourbon or Tennessee whisky, a surprising but excellent flavour enhancer for poultry. Even without the bourbon, the stuffing is delicious.
Foods such as meat loaf or pate cook more evenly when prepared in a ring mould. Because this dish can't be stirred, be sure to rotate it during the cooking time. Test with a meat thermometer in several places to make sure it is evenly cooked through.
Lobster is so luxurious that it's perfect for special occasions. You can get freshly cooked lobsters in the seafood department of the supermarket.
You can get freshly cooked lobsters in the seafood department of the supermarket.
Kay Spicer, food writer and author of the cookbook Light & Easy Choices (Grosvenor House Press Inc., 1985), has three grown-up children who each have a different favourite dish. Son Bob goes for scalloped potatoes baked with pork chops, a dish that harks back to his mom's Prairie roots. Daughter Patti says rice pudding is her favourite ("no contest,"), and home economist daughter Susan Spicer Angrove opts for chicken soup, saying, "We all used to beg her for chicken soup." Fresh-tasting and tomatoey, it's a memory-making soup.
Look for lean sausage with lots of taste. If your sausage has fennel seeds, reduce or omit them from the dressing.
This rustic flavourful textured pâté needs only crusty French bread and tiny pickles to become the perfect bite. Serve with a Brandy Sour.
