For me cranberries signal the start of the holiday season! I love the beautiful deep bright red color, it's so festive! I serve them continuously throughout the season with leftovers and as a side dish. I buy plenty of bags of fresh cranberries while they are available at the market and freeze them. They are seasonal and you can't get fresh cranberries in the spring or summer. That' when having bags of frozen cranberries comes in handy. They can stay in your freezer for up to 9 months! I use fresh cranberries all year long.
The inspiration behind this bake is our family at Christmas. Each one of these recipes chosen are a family recipe and making each is an annual tradition at our Christmas table.
Every May 25, which is the anniversary of Etan Patz's disappearance, is recognized as National Missing Children's Day. It is an acknowledgement of the commitment to help locate and recover missing children like Etan and the promise to never forget a child no matter how long they have been missing. It also serves as a reminder to parents, guardians, families and communities of the need to make child safety a priority. NCMEC was inspired by National Missing Children’s Day to create the Take 25 Campaign ( www.take25.org), a national grassroots safety initiative that asks families, educators, community leaders and others to take 25 minutes to talk to children about safety. NCMEC partners with organizations around the country and provides free resources to help get these conversations started. In 2012, there were more than 11,000 Take 25 events in over 1,900 cities throughout the United States and abroad. With more than 800 local, regional, and national organizations partnering with the National Center, 2013 promises to be the most successful yet.
