However you celebrate the holidays, we are now in deep. Hannukah begins at sundown tonight. There are five more shopping days and umpteen things to do until christmas…the holiday parties, the food shopping, the secret santa gifts, school plays and pick-ups. Time seems to compress as our wish to enjoy each other in this dark season expands. Cookbook author, blogger, educator, and dinner party enthusiast Kathy Gunst is here with some ideas feom her most recent book, Notes from a Maine Kitchen. It’s a month-by-month guide of recipes inspired by the seasons.