My favorite time of year is upon us: from Thanksgiving to the end of the Christmas season. It’s extra-special to me because it’s during this time of year that my husband, Bill, and I were beginning to date seriously and fell in love. So these special holidays always mark an anniversary of sorts for us.
Erika Di Battista grew up eating pretty untraditional Thanksgiving dinners. Her father had Italian roots, and her mother had German ancestry. She grew up in Staten Island, N.Y., but at age 7 her family moved her to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.