Food & Wine, December 2008

My picks from December's issue of Food & Wine:

• Pepper Pot Soup - ham hocks and chiles, two of my favorite things.
• Gingered Orange Gratin - interesting combination of warm orange, candied ginger, and crème fraîche.
• Pan-Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Pancetta - the only thing that could make this better would be to replace the olive oil with duck fat.

I'm surprised that I only found three recipes that really jumped out at me. Kind of depressing for a holiday issue.

But did anybody see the new Acura TL on page 8? Beautiful.