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Humbug!
At WisdomFishing we love quotes and we like Christmas as much as the next guy. But we also believe in maintaining a perspective. With that in mind, here are some antidotes for when you’re feeling just too darn candy-cane-sugar-plum-over-the-top joyous. Use sparingly, lest you are visited by strange ghosts from the past. Oh look,... read more
Christmas cake: Redemption of an icon
By BOB McCASKILL Christmas cake. Has any Christmas icon been as cruelly maligned and underappreciated? For generations it has appeared on lists of gifts not to give. I like the stuff. Never met a bad one. Well, seldom. I don’t cook, but I do make Christmas cake. (Me at the wheel, my wife driving.) Our... read more
Gift wars
By BOB FOULKES and JOHN SWIFT Budgetary restraint around the world has had many unintended consequences. The new frugality has resulted in an odd combination of rules, restraint, gift-giving, barely stifled competition and of tactics, strategy that make Survivor shows look like kindergarten play. Someone will tell you, with feigned sincerity, that there is a... read more
The Turducken holiday challenge
BY BOB FOULKES Want to enliven your holiday table and become a hosting hero? Meet the Turducken, a deboned chicken stuffed inside a deboned duck stuffed with a generous amount of dressing inside a deboned turkey, a recipe that goes back thousands of years to Roman times. For good reason, Turducken is much better than... read more