How big is too big?

How big is too big?

If you’ve ever received a fruitcake, you’ll likely agree that the smaller it is, the better you like it. A normal, run-of-the-mill fruitcake runs anywhere from one to three pounds, which is small enough to hide in the back of the cupboard, or pass along to...
A fruitcake by any other name

A fruitcake by any other name

To misquote Shakespeare: “What’s in a name? That which we call a fruitcake By any other name would still be a fruitcake.” Some people, in an attempt at political correctness, have decided to rename the dreaded brick. Come on, “fruit and nut...
First sighting of the season

First sighting of the season

While strolling down the aisle at WalMart that contains all those “I didn’t know what to get you, and wasn’t planning to spend a lot of money, but felt like I had to buy something, so, HERE,” gifts, I sighted the first fruitcake of the season....