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December 2024

Holiday Planning Q+A
ask your questions here, and here I will give answers
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Alison Roman
19
Getting dressed these days
and thoughts on "maternity wear"
20
A giant bowl of salted chocolate pudding
is what you should serve for dessert at your Ham Party
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Alison Roman
27
Not a gift guide
just an FYI
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Alison Roman
10
Here to soothe all your holiday anxieties
on drinking during the holidays, how to accept gifts you hate, and telling your friends they maybe shouldn’t host
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Alison Roman
4

November 2024

A lot of juicy Thanksgiving etiquette questions answered
with help from Kate Berlant
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Alison Roman
3
“I’m only here for the sides,” well, same
here's where to find them
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Alison Roman
33
For those who want to know more about the turkey
this is your newsletter
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Alison Roman
40
(Some of) your Thanksgiving questions, answered
sure, let your brother have Taco Bell for Thanksgiving
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Alison Roman
8
It's Thanksgiving, again
we're doing more, we're doing less, we're eating a lot of beige, soft, creamy foods
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Alison Roman
49
Doing my best
usually involves anchovies, some sort of cracker and a hard, salty cheese
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Alison Roman
17

October 2024

People loved the chili this weekend
despite of or because of the beans?
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Alison Roman
31
Gorgeous Chili
there are beans in it
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Alison Roman
71
If you're baking this weekend
and have a question, this is your time
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Alison Roman
7
Have a little more cake, as a treat
brown butter pumpkin cake, as autumnal as I get
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Alison Roman
42
A gorgeous, tall, fluffy coconut cake
please don't ask if you can make it without coconut
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Alison Roman
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