During the Fall and winter months, I like to have cookies baking or a small pan of spiced cider simmering on the stove when I’m expecting company. The moment I open my front door, my guests are greeted with the wonderful fragrance of warm spices. I think it’s a great way of saying, “Welcome to my home”.

What do you do to welcome guests to your home?

Tags: Christmas, cookies baking, entertaining, fragrant house, handy hint, holidays, spiced cider

Marinating meat in herbs, beer or wine can reduce the carcinogens that form during grilling by as much as 88%.
-from Food Network Magazine, June/July 2009
(sources: Journal of Food Science and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)

Tags: grilling tip, handy hint