A look at what we're reading, cooking, and clicking this week• My mom has always loved hot buttered rum, while I'm more of a mulled cider gal. But I recently found the perfect compromise in this
recipe for hot buttered rum and cider from Joy the Baker. I can't wait to test it out when I'm at my parents' house this Christmas—it looks so great in the picture!
—Cory Baldwin• I've been methodically making my way through Jon Bonne's
Top 100 Wines in
The San Francisco Chronicle, in which he concludes that "now is the best time in many years to be drinking American wine". Two hopes: 1) I'll find new delicious bottles and 2) I'll expand my wine-tasting vocabulary beyond "winey." (Note to self when drinking bubbly during the holidays: use "brioche", "bay leaf," "huckleberry pie" and "green apple kick" when the spirit moves me.)
—Sophie BrickmanSee more links »
