Spatula Diaries: Nostalgia Foods at Christmas

“My grandmother, now 91, would trim pieces of carrots and celery so fine and uniform for a Christmas appetizer, they looked mass-produced. This preciously prepared crudite was served on a crystal plate with a side of decanted, bottled Green Goddess dressing, Seven Seas brand. A person could have made it from scratch, but she did not. My grandmother might have aimed high about trimming vegetables, but she loathed cooking. Of course, it didn’t matter. The tangy, jaw-tingling dip is the thing I remember most about family Christmas meals.” Check out the rest of food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson’s Christmas reminisces by reading this week’s Spatula Diaries here.