Maybe it's the "Christmas Song" ("chestnuts roasting on an open fire . . ."), but eating spiced nuts always gets me in the mindset of the holidays. One handful of spiced nuts, and I'm transported to a place where I'm with my family, snuggled up in blankets on the couch with a holiday movie on TV and hot chocolate brewing in the background. That picture may just be in my imagination, but I'll take that comfy feeling any day — hence loving these addictive nuts!
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For the month of December, Gourmet magazine gifted its subscribers with a bunch of gorgeous covers. Photographed by Romulo Yanes, each one features a different type of cookie. The artistic images are now being sold as holiday greeting cards. I'm absolutely in love with them, especially the one with the polka-dot-like glittering lemon sandwiches. What do you think of the covers? If you subscribe to Gourmet, let me know which one showed up in your mailbox!
