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Dear retailers,

I understand that you expect people to shop in advance of the season, and that therefore you stock in advance of the season as well. Reasonable enough, I suppose.

However, has it never occurred to you that children regularly lose their mittens? And that, therefore, it is absolute lunacy to "not carry mittens anymore" by the 3rd of December?

No love,
Rivka

Experimental food corner: Maple ginger pears.

It's been a while since I've had anything from the experimental food corner that was worth writing home about. But this time? Wow. I made a really simple winter dessert that was ZOMG YUMMY.

I peeled and halved three large Bosc pears, and Michael scooped the cores out with a spoon. I arranged them cut side down in a square glass dish. Alex used a rolling pin to beat the heck out of a couple of handfuls of gingersnap cookies sealed in a ziploc bag. We sprinkled the gingersnap crumbs generously over the pears, poured some maple syrup (about 3oz) over the top, and added a dot of butter (about a teaspoon) to the top of each pear. I baked it for about half an hour at 375, covered with foil for the first 20 minutes and then uncovered. We ate them hot, and they were delicious. Soft, juicy pears, dripping with gingery syrupy goodness. The larger pieces of gingersnap didn't quite melt, so they added a bit of solid crunch.

The other special dish we made tonight was ( bee-bim bop )