Holiday Lunch in Annapolis, Md.

Dessert first! Of course. Snowman box, gotten from Jacks 99 Cent store. Whadda steal.

Homemade Brazilian truffles inside by Em. Four flavors, clockwise from 12 o’clock — pistachio, chocolate sprinkles, cinnamon pecan, cocoa powder. Here’s how you make ’em.

Em’s flaky curry beef pie and veggie springroll.

Mama Hsu’s sticky brown rice and eggs (Taiwanese: u-beng and loh-neng)

Magothy riverfront, out back behind the house.