[Ninsuna]

Thanks for the qestion, WakeUp. This had been on my mind with the holidays coming up, when alcohol seems to play a big role in a lot of my favorite recipes. I always use white wine along with irish style butter (the best there is) to baste my turkey, red wine for the roast at Christmas. My first sober holiday season is going to be an experience.
I've been meaning to do some research into the science of cooking w/ alcohol (what cooks off, etc) and if there are good substitutes. Cooking wine? red or white wine vinegar? I also plan to experiement w/ mulled cider, virgin egg nog recipes, I'll post anything I find that turns out really well.
Not to hijack, but as an aside; this is also my first Christmas back in the US and back with my ex-husband in three years. I want so much to do all the things we used to do and that I have missed being in a foreign country, divorced, and drunk.