Christmas Memories and Why Food Matters
Christmas Memories and Why Food Matters Christmas is my favorite time of year and always has been. In spite of many Christmases filled with sorrow and anxiety, which is a legacy of my youth that anyone from a troubled family will understand. But life as we know it is a multi-faceted mystery; joyful one moment, painful the next. My family's history includes very strong Christmas traditions, ( most of them Italian because of my dad, even though my mom was Irish) many of which revolve around what you eat and when during the holidays. Some of these food traditions were tailored to our family and...