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Cookbooks 2024 gift guide: Our food critic’s picks for new and notable cookie...
The biggest challenge about our annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest is not the baking, but creating your own original recipe. That’s what dozens of bakers have told me when sharing their stories...
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Why some brewing companies are producing more hop-forward ales and...
By Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union Tribune A bounteous feast stocked with staple seasonal dishes unique to individual families’ traditions, few events offer the variety of a Thanksgiving dinner. But...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 04, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 04, 2024 Today might feel like bumper-to-bumper traffic. We may want to dive into things as Mercury opposes excitable Jupiter, but we’ll be forced to sit back down...
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Baltimore Scene: Voyages at the National Aquarium | PHOTOS
The National Aquarium held Voyages: Chapter 6, an original immersive event series that inspires a connection to nature and celebrates Baltimore. Dan Deacon was the featured artist. The event is an...
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Gift books for 2024: What to give, and what to receive, for all kinds of readers
Books, like socks, give themselves away behind holiday wrapping. Nothing more so than a coffee table book. Or a beloved classic in hardcover. I’m not saying giving these are bad ideas. I’m saying the...
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Holiday travel: Tahoe’s Truckee is a magical, cozy winter destination
Nestled among the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains, Truckee is a winter wonderland at this time of year. Its cozy downtown feels like the set of a Hallmark movie — or like you’ve stepped inside a...
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New York state highlights can’t-miss holiday sites and attractions
By Rich Thomaselli, TravelPulse (TNS) If you thought New York was just a concrete jungle, it’s clear you never got out of the city. The entire state is a playground, especially in the winter. Related...
View ArticleAfter 3 million meals, Mother’s, a gathering place for Ravens fans, will close
After 27 years, more than 3 million meals and countless tailgates, Mother’s Federal Hill Grille is set to close. The South Baltimore bar and restaurant, a gathering place for Ravens fans, said in a...
View ArticleJournalist fatalities are rising, a memorial is going up in their honor
WASHINGTON D.C. ⸺ When Tom Durkin was alerted in November 2012 that James Foley, a friend of more than two decades, had been kidnapped by ISIS while working as a freelance war correspondent in...
View ArticleFox45: Duff Goldman unveils gingerbread lodge at Great Wolf Lodge Maryland...
PERRYVILLE — Baltimore native and celebrity cake artist Duff Goldman unveiled a towering gingerbread lodge at Great Wolf Lodge Maryland on Wednesday morning as a new part of the resort’s annual...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 05, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 05, 2024 It’s easy to get carried away — especially in the wrong direction. The Moon is moving through open-minded Aquarius for the day. While here, it will oppose...
View ArticleGarden Q&A: A vegetable for small spaces?
Q: Do you have an idea for an uncommon vegetable for a small-space container garden next summer? The location has full sun and I can give the plant a support stake if needed. A: I think cucamelons...
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Hot property: 7.5-acre Baltimore County estate is a sports lover’s paradise
Address: 11042 Greenspring Ave., Lutherville Timonium 21093 List price: $8,500,000 Year built: 2018 Real estate agent: Heidi Krauss, of Krauss Real Property Brokerage Last sold price/date: Acreage sold...
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Things to do in Baltimore, Dec. 6-12
Here are several suggestions to get in the holiday spirit: See a neighborhood shine brightly, watch model trains track through a familar cityscape, enjoy a holiday classic rom-com with a live...
View ArticleCozy winter fare: Make a French-style cassoulet at home
“Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for agastronome.” ~ Julia Child When winter heads our way, bringing chilly temperatures and close, dark nights, my...
View ArticleRecipe: Popovers are a baked delight this time of year
I appreciate the glory of popovers this time of year. The crusty brown exteriors and the creamy insides show off surfaces that are just right for butter and jam. For years I made them in a special...
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Is Secret Santa stressing you out? Here’s your holiday gift-exchange survival...
By KAITLYN HUAMANI The commencement of the holiday season often means the lengthening of to-do lists. There are lights to hang, cards to mail, cookies to bake and, of course, gifts to buy. Gift...
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Top 10 movies of 2024: In a time of scoundrels, ‘Brutalist,’ ‘Challengers’...
My love of movie scoundrels has been sorely tested this year. When I was young, I daydreamed of exotic heists, slick con artists and lovable crooks I’d seen on screen. For most of my moviegoing life,...
View ArticleCN Traveler’s top travel destinations for 2025 include a real-life Land of...
It’s that time of year again. No, no, not jingle bell season. It’s “irresistible destinations for the new year” season, when every travel site offers up a where-to-go list. This week, Conde Nast...
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California’s sunny Huntington Beach makes a great weekend getaway
Two decades ago, the Southern California seaside town of Huntington Beach applied for — and was granted — the trademark, “Surf City USA.” Of course, any Northern Californian who has shrieked down the...
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