Minty peppermint mocha returns at Starbucks this season
Starbucks offers a peppermint mocha espresso blend with peppermint chocolate steamed milk and whipped cream in a cardboard cup. It stays available through January 7 with prices from 2.90 to 4.55. Also suggested are wine and cheese pairings from Master Sommelier Andrea Immer, including Brie with bubbly and blue Stilton with Port.
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Savvy cocktail kits and new noodles for New Year crowds
El Paso Chile Co. offers three Savvy cocktail kits at 24.99 with margarita rim salt picks and a Latin music CD. Reames debuts Golden Ribbon Egg Noodles in freezer section about 1.99. Oregon winemakers plant Pinot grigio including Van Duzer. pear and fig flavored, no wood aging, about 15, paired with fish or poultry.
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Oregon
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Christmas Eve traditions shared by readers
Anne Rutter reports Eastern Iowans describe festive menus and rituals for Christmas Eve. Patti Glanz recalls a seven dish, one pot goulash family dinner before gifts, while Nancy Keedy remembers a Louisiana gumbo rhythm with French bread and a green salad before opening one present per person.
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Glanz
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Nancy Keedy
Monticello
Shrimp and Corn Soup and Seafood Bisque Recipes
Recipe set includes Shrimp and Corn Soup with butter roux cream and vegetables plus a seafood bisque using shrimp scallops fish clams and wine. Prepared in separate methods with steps for roux simmering and finishing with cream and garnish. Elizabeth Ray Cedar Rapids Chris Jones Cedar Rapids credited.
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Elizabeth Ray
Cedar Rapids
No place like kids table in holiday gatherings
Editor notes Back Burner piece reflects on the children's table a symbol of family hierarchy. Authors discuss origins at family feasts with quotations from Patricia Volk and Georgetown sociologist Margaret Hall about isolation, peer groups, and shifting roles as kids become adults.
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Washington Post
Atricia Volk
Volk
Iraq
Uncle Pete
Margaret Hall
Georgetown University
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