Sheryl Julian, the Globe's Food Editor, writes regularly for the Food section.
Devra First is the Globe's food reporter and restaurant critic. Her
reviews appear weekly in Calendar.
Ann Cortissoz is on the staff of the Globe and writes the First Draft beer column for the Food section.
Stephen Meuse writes about wine for the Globe's Food section. His column on
Plonk ($12 and under wines) appears on the last Wednesday of the month.
 Ask a question or share an idea or recipe with The Boston Globe food
staff.
 Week of:
November 4
Week of:
October 28
Week of:
October 21
Week of:
October 14
Week of:
October 7
Week of:
September 30
 
For Boston Globe restaurant reviews and food news and recipes, visit Boston.com's Food section.
|
« Corny and amaze-ing | Main | A heaven for chocoholics » Friday, October 20, 2006Thanksgiving dilemma (first of many parts)
What should I do, a colleague asked, about being assigned dishes by his mother to bring for Thanksgiving? The problem is that mom's idea of a feast day meal has nothing to do with his and his wife's idea. Hers is old-fashioned and he and his wife want to make something more modern. The two also want to help his mom, who has a big crowd coming. He wanted to know what to do. Make the dish her way, I advised. When you take over the holiday responsibilities, make the food your own way. There's too much else in the world to worry about. I could open a psychoanalytic practice that deals exclusively with Thanksgiving. Perhaps because readers know I'm usually at the other end of my phone, they begin calling in early November. Some want me to recreate a dish that ran in the Food section before we were all born. Other callers are looking for something a late mother made; they're searching for a taste from childhood. Many are cooking for the first time because they've taken over the task and they're worried that they're not up to it. Most of the concerns, of course, have nothing to do with the table. They have to do with memories (not all good), responsibilities, and family. When I hear this in their voices, I have to wonder if there's a Thanksgiving equivalent to bah humbug. Posted by Sheryl Julian at 06:57 PM
|
