Life Needs a Menu
  • a truckload of watermelons
  • rainbow cakes
  • squaw bread
  • egg-in-the-hole and bacon
  • black cherry concoctions
  • the last of the eggnog and wassail
  • presteaming fresh young vegetables -- zucchini, yellow squash, corn on the cob, mushrooms -- and then grilling them for a woodsy smoke flavor
  • chestnuts roasting in ancient iron skillets
  • early American pear pie
  • whipped yams flavored with vanilla, dotted with raisins and streaked with marshmallow
  • pizza and the mall
  • Kellogg's Raisin Bran cereal
  • chocolates and champagne
  • sipping apple juice right from the press and shopping the farm stands for corn, squash, pumpkins, and peaches