Looking for holiday ideas for food, gifts, things to do, and the like? Here's all the holiday content from around Wonder & Sundry in one place!
Well, the weather outside promises to get frightful, but holiday roundups are delightful
Greetings from New Hampshire, where the weather folk have told us to expect snow from tonight through Saturday evening. The skies have grown gray, and there’s that familiar bite in the air. I thought that it would be as good a time as any to have a holiday roundup of recipes (especially for a solo Christmas dinner), last-minute gifts, things to do, and what might if it’s just gotten to be a bit much.
Holiday roundup of recipes
Here’s a bunch of ideas to make your table merry and bright. Click on an image to go to the post.
Cranberry Roasted Chicken with Oranges
Crispy Potatoes: A Favorite Recipe
Kuhano Vino: Get in the Holiday Spirit with Croatian Mulled Wine
L’Apéro: Marinated Olives Make For a Happier Hour
Make Olive Tapenade for Your Next Apéro
Maple Glazed Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Mini Dark Chocolate Cake: Just Enough of a Good Thing
Pan Seared Duck Breasts: An Easy Elegant Dinner
Pan Seared Steak with Herbed Mustard Butter and Shallots
Retro Recipe: The Best Artichoke Spinach Dip
Roast Pork Tenderloin with Blood Oranges
Roast Spatchcocked Chicken and Cabbage
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup: Celebrate Autumn
Roasted Potatoes and Fennel with Shallots and Lemon
Shallot Cranberry Confit and Cheese: Celebrate Autumn
Shop for Your Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner, And a Recipe
Smoked Trout Rillettes
Spiced Blueberry Sorbet and the Return of Summer
Spiced Pomegranate Sorbet: An Homage to My Travels in the Balkans
Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream
Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner
Flying solo (or small) this year? Awesome. Check out the series on making a holiday meal to remember!
Cook Yourself a Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner
On your own for the holidays? Make yourself a feast! Here's everything you need to cook yourself a multicourse feast for one. Recipe ideas included! Join in!
Plan Yourself a Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner
Just because we’re on our own for the holidays doesn’t mean that we can’t celebrate with a Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner! If you haven’t cooked elaborate meals for yourself
Shop for Your Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner, And a Recipe
In the last post, we talked about planning for your Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner, now it’s time to shop for your feast! I’m also sharing my recipe for lemony
Cook (and Eat!) Your Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner!
Start your ovens! It’s time (well, in a day or so) to start cooking your Merry Little Solo Christmas Dinner! 2020 is such a strange, hard year, but just because
Deck the (tiny) halls!
Small spaces for the holidays.
Holidays in Small Spaces: Deck Your (Tiny) Halls
Deck your tiny halls in your unique style! Ideas and tips for how to make your small space merry and bright for the holidays.
Holiday roundup of things-to-do posts
I’m missing Somerville’s over-the-top holiday displays this year. Somerville’s Illuminations Tour starts this weekend, if you’re in the Boston area, I highly recommend it. There’s also ideas of things to do in your hometown over the holidays. If you’re lucky enough to be in Zagreb, Croatia, I have you covered, too!
Advent Zagreb: An Annotated Map to Zagreb’s Christmas Market Wonderland
Tis the season for Zagreb’s Christmas Market, Advent Zagreb. If you love European Christmas markets, add Advent Zagreb to your Nice list. With practically the whole city involved, you’ll not
14 Interesting Things to Do in Your Hometown Over the Holidays
After a year in which many of us stayed home, I'm eager to head to my hometown for the holidays. Here's a list of interesting things we can do in
Illuminations Tour 2021: Oh Light-Up Town of Somerville
If you find yourself in the Boston area over the holidays, do not miss Somerville's OTT holiday displays! The Somerville Illuminations Tour, sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council, guides you
Merry and Oh So Bright: The Somerville Illuminations Tour
Every Christmas Eve, my parents and I go on a drive to see the holiday lights around the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Some streets have beautiful, tasteful displays. Others,
Gift ideas
If you’re looking for gift ideas for the traveler or cook in your life, here are some ideas.
A Kitchen Gift Guide for the Cooks in Your Life
Looking for gift ideas for the cooks in your life? Here's a host of ideas for thoughtful and practical gifts your cook will love. And I will not tell if
Carry-On Essentials: What to Pack for the Journey
What we pack in our carry-on luggage to help us during our journey can have a huge impact on your whole trip. Here are the essentials. There are no affiliate
What to Pack for the Balkans in Autumn? My Best Picks
What to pack, what to pack, what to pack? As packing the right things can make or break a trip, I thought that I’d share the items that I used
Donation ideas
If you’re looking for year-end donation ideas, here are some organizations that help:
- Sustainable Harvest International (sustainable farming practices in Central America)
- Rosie’s Place, which provides hot meals and groceries to unhoused women and others in Boston, as well as services to address their long-term needs
- Food for Free, which rescues food that would go to waste and channels it to people in need in Greater Boston
- World Central Kitchen, which provides meals in the wake of disasters
Sometimes, it’s all just a bit much, isn’t it?
If you need a beat, here’s a couple of posts that might help.
14 Helpful Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed
We all feel overwhelmed sometimes and need help getting out of our own way. Here's 14 things I try to do when I'm feeling overwhelmed that help calm me down,
Resolve to Do Nothing (for Ten Minutes a Day) in the New Year
Here’s a New Year’s resolution for you: Do nothing (for ten minutes a day). When’s the last time you just sat and looked out the window for more than a
