This Saturday morning, it all begins for real. Thanksgiving, I mean. Jen and I are meeting for coffee in the morning to go over our menu and double check our shopping lists, then we’re hitting Costco. The family starts arriving Monday night, so I have three days of breakfasts and dinners to plan on top…
Yesterday, I posted about maple corn bread. Today, we’re going to make stuffing out of that corn bread. Then, we’re going to go a step further and stuff some acorn squash with it. You can, of course, eat the stuffing on its own as a side – it’s fantastic solo. But if you want something…
If you’re like me, you grew up with dinner rolls on your Thanksgiving table. The store-bought kind, the ones that squish when you bite into them. Hawaiian rolls, they’re called (I have no idea why). I pretty much agree with Sam Sifton that rolls are just filler you don’t need on Thanksgiving, but we’re…
This isn’t technically a Thanksgiving recipe post, but it’s inspired by the impending chaos surrounding Turkey Day. If you’re like me, you have company coming, and your home is about to be packed full for several days. At such times, there is a real need for careful meal planning in order to keep yourself as…
Well, I was right about the pear cobbler. It’s divine. I made it at 7 o’clock in the morning, and we ate it for breakfast still warm from the oven with a drizzle of heavy cream. L went back and forth between me and E for bites until both our bowls were empty. The pears…
The weather has turned the corner this week here in Virginia, moving from warm to cold in a flash. We woke up Monday morning to thick frost and the kind of chill that goes right through you. I’m bummed, because I was enjoying the long string of sunny, 50-degree days. This week’s menu is filled…