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browns, but the home-cooked feel is the same. The pineapple casserole is pure comfort food, a mixture of white bread, crushed pineapple, spices and egg. “It gets a little brown on top for a bit of crunch,” he notes.
Dinners are packaged in foil containers with heating instructions. “Pop it in the oven for a while, then it comes out ready to go. At such a busy time of year, folks really appreciate that convenience,”
he says.
Save room for dessert, too: Lettie’s
offers lots of options for a sweet ending to the repast.
“We do an array of desserts. Chocolate cake, orange creamsicle cake, carrot cake. But the big favorite is pie. Apple pie, cherry pie, pecan pie and Key lime pie, even though a lot of people think of Key lime as a summer dessert. And people still order pumpkin pie for Christmas, believe it or not, so we make them,
too,” Alexander says. 1318 Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, Del., (302) 239-7816, lettieskitchen.com.
A holiday repast typically begins with a seasonal cocktail at V&M Bistro in North Wilmington, owned by the Carrieri–
Russo sisters. “We will definitely have the Grinch martini, green with a red cherry heart. Our eggnog martini is a big hit, too,” says Vincenza, who operates the sleek restaurant and lounge with her sister Margherita.
Throughout the holidays, expect fanciful desserts. Inspired by a glistening Tannenbaum, the Tree-sicle is a cool treat with the whimsical appeal of a Popsicle.
Sometime during the week before Christmas, V&M will start serving a three-course, seven-fishes menu. The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian tradition rooted in the doctrine of abstaining from
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