How to Introduce Your New Love to the Fam this Holiday Season
5) Don’t Come Empty Handed
Bring a little something to the table aside from your dazzling smile. If you can throw down, bring a dish that might not already be at the gathering (if your sweet potato pie puts Aunt Doris’ disastrous one to shame, this may embarrass her), but not something too left field (I love cranberry and pine nut risotto, but not every family is gonna even do you the courtesy of trying something new to them, especially if they don’t know you). And if you know that YOU can’t cook, play it safe with a bottle of wine, spirits or a small fruit tray. You will get clowned if your mashed potatoes taste like paste and no one needs another store bought crunch cake. Leave that to fast Cousin Angie who was too busy kissing boys to learn any family recipes, let Aunt Dawn tell it. Damn shame that girl is.
