THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, December 10, 1995 TAG: 9512060114
SECTION: FLAVOR PAGE: F1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY MARY FLACHSENHAAR, SPECIAL TO FLAVOR
LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
``YOU MADE that?
``You, whose idea of a home-cooked meal is a bowl of cereal?
``You can cook?''
Yes, Take-Out Tillie. Yes, Fast-Food Freddie, even if you never ever cook, you can make something sensational for the holiday potluck.
Fast and easy party recipes are as abundant as pre-Christmas sales. You just have to know where to find them.
You will not stumble upon them in books or slick magazines for gourmets.
But you likely will find them in some of the newer cookbooks for the time-starved or kitchen-illiterate, and in magazines touting they can show you how to make gifts, decorations or meals in 30 minutes or less. You'll even find them in ads for convenience products and on some of those products themselves.
And you will find fast, easy party recipes right here. Trust us. Even you can make this party food.
And even you will hear, ``You made this? I don't believe it.'' MEMO: Mary Flachsenhaar is a free-lance writer living in Norfolk. All recipes
were kitchen-tested by the author. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
VICKI CRONIS/The Virginian-Pilot
Even is[sic] you're a noncook, simple and quick Holiday Cherry Cake
and other recipes inside will spur your guests to ``ooh'' and
``aah.''
by CNB