Gavin Menu is the sports editor, advertising director and co-publisher of The Sag Harbor Express and Express Magazine. Reach him at gmenu@sagharborexpress.com.
Many people are finding they still have more time on their hands and more hours spent at home than usual, making it the perfect year to consider filling those gift lists with homemade, do-it-yourself creations.
A galette is like a pie, but easier. It is but one layer of dough, thickly rolled, crudely folded up on itself. If it leaks, toss it up to the rustic nature of the dessert.
No matter the term, the definition of a mulled wine is the same in any language — a wine-based beverage chock full of spices and heated to warm body and soul.