Slower Sunday: Got a light?
If you don't already do this, give it a try. Or borrow mine. Anytime. Yeah, just Press Play. Don't need a match that way.
Things You Don’t Know … You Need The Gift of: Phew – Glad I Got That!
The Gift of: Phew - Sure Glad I Got That! Great gifts for the people who think they have everything. Low-cost, high-value, amazingly handy things. Everyone you know could use these. Including you.
Better Cheaper Warmer Gifts
Here's a little yarn about a real breakthrough in ... yarn. Merino wool garments that are just Better than the stuff I've always been happy to wear in cold weather. Cheaper, too. Thin, fine, stretchy and light. Unusually smooth and supple. Really comfy. Amazingly warm.
Sounds Good To Me: The Gifts The Best Wireless Audio Products
Sometimes I want my music and I want it wireless. I want it to be easy wherever I am. Especially when I'm on my treadmill. Here are this year's big but tiny winners: earbuds, headphones, speakers. Better Cheaper breakthroughs in quality and value.
Parmigiano Stock: Free and Easy
Really, really tasty, too. If you like cheese you have to try this. Don't throw away those cheese rinds! Simmer them in water for a couple of hours. Then use your stock to prepare anything that goes with grated parmigiano.Double your pleasure.
Bonus Edition
Wearable technology that's very cool. Very useful. Very good looking, comfortable and weather-protective, too. And it might save your life. Or the life of someone you love who’s getting this as a Christmas gift from you. This is NOT a wristband.
Potato-Leek-Gruyere Gratin. More cheese.
Delicious and beautiful. 50 cents per serving. If a gratin sounds like something you shouldn't try at home by yourself, the sound's deceiving. Click. Seeing and tasting is believing.
Celery Root Soup
These powerfully flavorful and aromatic celery root knobs are still turning up at Farmers Markets everywhere. Seasonally abundant and cheap. Smooth and light in this addictive soup that's wonderful hot or chilled. Make a big batch.
Deacon’s Sweet Potato Crisps
Shockingly delicious. Crisp and crunchy. Just one ingredient. Sweet potatoes. No oil. A small handful of calories per handful. No salt unless you want to add it. Less than ten minutes of your time to make a batch.
Apple-Pear Ceviche. Tuna optional.
The Fall fruit harvest quickly transformed to a sweet and spicy salad. An intensely flavorful Way to lighten up a rich meal. Or to build a light, refreshing one. Less than $1 per huge serving.