Thanksgiving leftovers filling your fridge? Looking for a great leftover turkey recipe? Every year, we spoon leftover turkey onto our plates, smothering it with cranberry sauce and stuffing though there never seems to be enough gravy to make the rounds. We make Thanksgiving casseroles and nourishing soups. This Thanksgiving, we served up a something a little [...]
Heady and Aromatic: Mulled Wine for Autumn
September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mulled wine, glögg, wassail, glühwein, vin chaud, kuhano vino – all variations on essentially one ubiquitous winter beverage: a pleasantly warm, deliciously spiced, alcoholic punch. While one mulled recipe inevitable varies from another, all share one powerful commonality: warmth, a heady aroma and a robust flavor. A mulled wine recipe may seem an unlikely [...]
Our Thanksgiving
November 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A little late, but I thought I’d share our Thanksgiving menu. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love the communion of friends and family in celebration of thanks and nourishment. Our meal fed ten and offered plenty to take home. I served: Miniature Butternut Squash, Sage and Pecorino Cheese Tarts Fresh Raw [...]
Cranberry Sauce with Agave Nectar
November 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Cranberry sauce is, perhaps, my favorite holiday treat. I love its sourness. I also really like the way the berries pop under the heat of cooking. We’ve relegated white sugar to no man’s land in our kitchen “except for brewing kombuchaa” so I’m always looking for a good sweetener for those rare times we [...]
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