Spatula Diaries: Taming the holiday beast

“Among holiday meals, Thanksgiving is the minor league compared to Christmas,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “That’s because the focus is not just on the December 25th spread, but on the series of kitchen demands preceding and following it. Consider the possible punch list: baked goods for friends and neighbors, hors d’oeuvres for cocktail parties or book groups, easy meals for visiting family members, a midnight snack for Santa, Christmas morning breakfast and beverages, nibbles after the big day, something luscious for New Year’s Eve and a luck-summoning meal on New Year’s Day. For the food-obsessed, it really is the most wonderful time of the year.” Find out how you can make it even more wonderful in this week’s Spatula Diaries.