As of yesterday morning, our refrigerator is loaded, our pantry is stuffed to the gills and our freezer is uncharacteristically full. All of these facts can only mean one thing: Thanksgiving is around the corner. I am pumped. For all of my fellow planner-aheaders and list-makers out there, Thanksgiving is like the ultimate holiday, right?…
Eat like a monkey: Ginger(monkey)bread
The first time I ate monkey bread was for breakfast at a school friend’s sleepover when I was 12 years old. I remember watching, fascinated, as her mom cut Pillsbury Grands biscuits into six pieces each, rolled the dough into balls and then dunked them into a bath of butter and cinnamon sugar before layering…
Once-a-year twice-baked cherry pie
Second only to the just-add-water blueberry muffins that I proudly baked during my earliest days of kitchen duty, cherry pie spent a good many years atop my menu of signature dishes. Of course, this was cherry pie by way of an 8-year-old chef in the mid-’90s, which basically meant a skillful combination of two newly…
Here’s how it went down
Whew! Well, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’d say the ol’ tummy is out of commission for the next few days (who am I kidding? You know the leftovers will be rolling out in a few hours). After all that prep and cooking time, we ended up with a Thanksgiving meal…
Thankful, thankful, thankful
Happy Thanksgiving to all! It’s a busy day of cooking (and subsequent eating) up in here, and as much as I love a good bloggy day, there are some things you just can’t get from ye ole computer screen. But before I head back to the kitchen for another round, here’s a list of what…
The gobble gobble game plan
Well, the big day is almost here, and after browsing recipes, making lists and juggling logistics, we’ve landed on a game plan for Thanksgiving Day 2011. Can I get a gobble, gobble? As any good Thanksgiving-er knows, the menu is the key to the day. We went back and forth between tried-and-true tradition (there are…
Vegetarian Thanksgiving. Tofurky, anyone?
Have you ever gone vegetarian for Thanksgiving? Jared and I know a guy whose daughter started college a few years ago and not long after decided to go vegan. Suddenly the impending holiday season was a whole new kind of challenge, with her parents trying to figure out how to cook an entire Thanksgiving meal…
Countdown to Thanksgiving
Well, if that photo is any indication, I’ve entered full-on planning mode. Thanksgiving is a mere 14 days away. Eek! We’re celebrating the holiday with Jared’s folks, and though his mom does most of the Thanksgiving-ing, I’ve been searching for new recipes so I can contribute some foodie goodness, too. And that, my friends, means…