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Slow Down With Mulled Cider

ENJOY A SOFT TIME-OUT to savor good fortune, family and friends. Mulled Cider festively titillates while warming the hurting, jagged parts. Fragr...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, Someone sent me an apple pie! It arrived on my doorstep at 9 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving. I was thrilled until I r...

EMERGE! ENRAPTURE YOURSELF AND YOUR GUESTS IN THE SPLENDORS OF A 17-YEAR FEAST. Dazzle with your courage and creativity. Rock with a fitting tri...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, I love spring, but this year the deer munched the blossoms off my tulips, devoured my pansies and shredded my new hedge. I...

Tired of human frailties? Of others’ troubles and your own? Of the unendingness of it all? You may need a break from the human race. A cheerful...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, I’m reeling from a streak of bad luck with kitchen appliances. First my stove short-circuited because mice chewed the wire...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, Finally, I can see the light at the end of the long, gloomy pandemic tunnel. Vaccines, travel, outdoor dining, baseball ga...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, I am sick and tired of the cold! It’s supposed to be Spring, yet it’s freezing outside with fierce winds. I want to be ou...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, I’ve become very nostalgic lately. I long for the iconic foods of the 1950s—pigs in a blanket, Jell-O molds, pot roast wit...

Dear Kitchen Therapist, I recently delivered a casserole to a neighbor who had gotten a knee replacement. It was a tasty Iranian dish of ground la...

I wouldn't worry too much about it. In my experience, people are more interested in the alcohol than the food--at least at my..

Dear Kitchen Therapist, My teenage son is transforming my house into a total mess and refuses to clean anything up! I’m used to tripping over his...