Chris Kimball's Christmas letter

thanks for that link, terza. cool letter.

i'm a big fan of america's test kitchen. good stuff!

That made me laugh. I love ATK and subscribe to the magazine, too, but I can't bring myself to read the Lake Wobegon section.

Did anybody else get the Chris Kimball letter this morning? He's talking about (of course) tapping the trees for maple syrup, and says, "freshly boiled syrup...[is] good over snow or good right out of a coffee mug. Delicious!"

And now I'm picturing him walking around with a coffee mug full of hot maple syrup, just guzzling it all day. No wonder his hand gestures are so wild on the show!

I've never had straight maple syrup, but I have sweetened coffee with it in the past.

I've toyed with the idea of fermenting it, but that's kinda pricey.