Taste

Even with Black Friday encroaching upon Thanksgiving, the holiday is still mainly about spending time with family and a glorious feast of food.

After the food fest is over the best part of the holiday arrives — leftovers.

There’s just something about warming up leftovers the day after, sometimes several days after, that makes them taste even better.

I know this situation probably happens to everyone who likes baking.

Often, on cold and dreary gray-skied days, I get in the mood to bake something. Doesn’t something fresh out of the oven sound perfect on these kinds of days?

But usually I’m not in the mood to go to the store for ingredients, partly because these days are also perfect for staying in your pajamas.

Instead of looking for recipes and being disappointed because you don’t have the supplies, it is best to take another approach.

I love a party with a theme. There’s just something about tying everything together and making the food match the theme.

A few months ago, I did this with an in-home catalog party. To make it fun, I went with a Hollywood theme. To make it extra fun, all the snacks I served were beefed up concession stand items.

Most of the recipes have already appeared in a kitchen adventure.

There are times in the world of food that lines must be drawn and allegiances should be made.

Times when talk of who has the best recipe comes to a climax and words become actions. The result, in this case, is a little something called spaghetti wars.

This particular war was fought at Herb Jones Chevrolet, Buick, GMC in Elizabethtown.

On one side of the war was Milka Pomey. From the former Yugoslavia, Pomey knew her mother-in-law’s recipe, which Pomey has cooked since 1974, would emerge victorious.