Sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for you and your family!

Food Talk STL will return to 590-AM, KFNS, to kick off Lucky ’13 on January 5 at 11:00 a.m.. Thanks for listening!

Food historian Suzanne Corbett will be in period costume (see photo) on Saturday (12/15) at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, doing food demonstrations. This week, it’s Christmas 1820 with vintage recipes for plum pudding and gingerbread.

Her demonstrations are part of the historic holiday celebrations sponsored by the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial/National Parks Service.

Click on the “recipes” tab at the top of this page for Suzanne’s recipe for Pecan Pralines, a St Louis French colonial favorite made by early St. Louis cooks who used wild pecans from the thick groves that once grew along the riverfront, which replaced the almonds in the original French recipe.

See you there!

Beginning Nov. 8, Hershey’s invites you to Bake, Share & Win on Pinterest. Participants can pin a photo of their finished Hershey’s baking recipe with the hashtag #CookieHQ and email the photo to bakeandshare@young-america.com. Ten winners will be randomly selected to receive a Baking Prize Pack (ARV $100).

The sweepstakes runs until midnight ET on January 13th, but there are actually 10 winning opportunities — one each week of the Pinterest Challenge (from Monday through Sunday night of each week).

We’re back on air on Saturday, November 3, on 590-AM, KFNS! Please tell your friends who like to eat and drink to listen to our show each Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to noon. It also streams live at kfns.com.