By JANET K. KEELER, St. Petersburg Times
Frozen assets: appetizers at the ready
Ding-dong. It's the neighbors wishing you a happy Thanksgiving.
Knock-knock. Your teen-ager's soccer pals are descending.
Yoo-hoo. Now it's Aunt Birdy stopping by before her annual girls-only holiday party.
Roasted bone marrow is a rich primal repast
Could the time have finally arrived for roasted bone marrow to be served in every household on Sunday nights?
Bad boy chef Anthony Bourdain calls the Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad at London's St. John restaurant his "death row meal." That's high praise for a man who has eaten his way around the world a few times.
Inspiration for other meals Thanksgiving week
A plan of attack for other meals during Thanksgiving week:
Monday -- No stress
Cape Cod's guiding lights
Lighthouses are symbols of hope. Hope that those in unfamiliar places will find their way home again. Hope that someone will always be there to light the way. And hope that a loved one is waiting for a safe return.
Step up to the salad bar of your dreams
Salad is the perfect antidote for sweltertime, when it is too hot to crank up the oven and too humid to even think about a heavy meal.
Meet the food revolutionaries
When first lady Michelle Obama took shovel to dirt last month to break ground on a White House vegetable garden, she may not have realized she was moving a mountain. That's likely how it felt to a group of people who for years have been vocal champions of quality food and sustainable agriculture.
What kind of sugar do you prefer?
The sugar we use in baking, and to sweeten our tea, comes from sugar cane or sugar beets. But there's more than white granulated sugar on the store shelves these days.
Here's what we found on one aisle in one grocery store:
1. Cubes. One lump or two? Sugar cubes are made from damp granulated sugar pressed into molds and dried.
Remodelers, take heart and read some blogs
Think you're the only one out there trying to figure out which toilet you should buy or how to get authentic replacements for your Craftsman home? Or perhaps you've measured, you've cut and now the sink doesn't fit? You are not alone.
For recipes, check the back of the box or can
Who needs a shopping list -- or a cookbook, for that matter -- when you've got a box, bag or can of food to provide the blueprint for a delicious meal?
