Table Talk: I’m catering Christmas dinner this year
Food and restaurant writer, Ellen Chamberlain (right), poses with her family for a holiday portrait. (Courtesy Liz Washington)
Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
’Tis the season to be overwhelmed and fatigued. There’s shopping to do, presents to wrap, grocery lists to make and deciding if you truly trust the discernment of your Instacart or DoorDash shopper enough to get everything you need from the store.
In my home, Christmas isn’t typically about one meal; it’s about several. There’s our tradition of baking cookies on Dec. 23 while each family member decorates their own stocking, complete with hot cocoa and marshmallows in massive mugs. Then, if we’re mindful enough to not eat all of the aforementioned cookies by Dec. 24, we set a few of them out on a plate alongside a glass of (almond) milk for Santa.
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