Friday, 06 January 2012 01:57
Written by Madelaine Bullwinkel

POMEGRANATE POWER

I held my breath as the young man began to dismantle a bowl of pomegranates one by one. He was our house guest – I couldn’t tell him to take this impending mess into the backyard. It was twenty degrees outside!

THE LAST GIFT ON THE LIST

s Christmas nears, my my spotted and worn list of holiday food gifts gets shorter and shorter. Just to be sure, ‘I’m checking it twice’. Let’s see ... three bags of Lentil Soup Mix - check; six bags of ‘Rise and Shine’ Granola - check; ingredients for Bûche de Noël, buckwheat blinis, venison stew - check, check, check. Everything on the list has been completed.

I should be feeling prepared. But I’m not.

MORE NEWS FROM MY HOLIDAY KITCHEN

I look from my kitchen at the bird traffic outside my sunny east window. The luncheon crowd at the feeder is dominated by our resident cardinal and his dusky mate. Self-service is messy, and seeds scatter on the deck where the squirrels are waiting. Back on task I realize that I’m assembling the same seeds the birds are eating for a holiday granola treat. Seems we all need seed fuel in cold weather.

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