Indulge

One of my boys went to school in Minneapolis where there is a large Somali population. He fell in love with a lamb dish they did at a restaurant there, and we’ve been replicating versions of it at home ever since. From our various renditions, we think this recipe is best. It’s made with lamb

JWC Media publisher John Conatser still remembers early teen travels to South Dakota where his older brother owned a spread of land perfect for hunting game birds. “In the fall, I’d travel there with my father for the opening of pheasant hunting season,” he recalls. Now with five sons of his own, Conatser keeps up

Among our family’s holiday-making traditions, filling rooms with boughs of evergreen is one of the brightest and best. As we bring armfuls of snowy branches in, there is freshness and chill, that wild citrusy conifer smell, and always, a swell of gratitude for nature’s provision. This celebratory cake, with its cute caps of meringue mushrooms,

Panama City has location, location, location in its favor. As the connecting point between the Americas, Panama City’s airport sees flights daily from more than 80 destinations. Why not treat your layover like a vacation by breaking up the trip and visiting one of Central America’s most metropolitan cities? With historic architecture, ultramarine seas, and

When our four children were little, Christmas morning had its expected rituals. The kids in their pajamas would impatiently wait for my husband and me to emerge bleary eyed from late night finishes to one or another homemade gifts: Adding the hinges to the roof of a dollhouse, say, or sewing the mane on a