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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 30, 2011

FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD FOR A GLORIOUS NEW YEAR. We’re just about to usher in another New Year — today’s fab food photo extravaganza offers a number of foods that commemorate or celebrate either the Gregorian calendar New Year’s Day of January 1, Chinese New Year (which will be in a few weeks and will be [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 2, 2011

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do, If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you. ~ English traditional Christmas rhyme FOOD. GLORIOUS CHRISTMAS FOOD. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | November 11, 2011

FOOD. GLORIOUS THANKSGIVING FOOD. These economic times are far more difficult now than they’ve been for more than three decades. Therefore, making delicious, frugal meals may be more challenging than you’ve ever known, especially during the holidays. Thanksgiving dinner is traditionally a day of giving thanks, feasting, spending time with and sharing one’s bounty with [...]

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