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A turkey-free Thanksgiving, times two
After spending the past six weeks up to my ears in all things Thanksgiving, I decided that this year, my family would skip the traditional meal back home in Missouri for a week by ourselves at the beach.
But just because your table isn’t full of stuffing and green bean casserole doesn’t mean you’re not celebrating the Day of Thanks. We made seafood paella with friends earlier this week, which satiated the communal meal desire, which meant that yesterday, it was just me and my boys, braising lamb and enjoying the quiet, non-frantic house. (We’ve got our paella-making friends’ house by ourselves for the week.)
It’s been a lovely Thanksgiving holiday, with more good meals than we’ve had in a while. I’ll be posting about dumpling-making and seafood markets next week, but in the meantime, I want to see a glimpse of your Thanksgiving. We’re putting together a gallery of Thanksgiving food photos, and you can upload pictures of your own here.
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By Dick Pierce
November 27, 2009 6:37 PM | Link to this
Hope you can attend…cover…mention..promote…
2nd Local Food Potluck and Graduation Celebration
at the Barr Mansion, Thurs., Dec. 3, 6:30 - 10:30
All are invited - bring your favorite Local Food dish (6-8 servings)and beverages of choice.
Celebrate our Local bounty - welcome in the Season!
By leigh
November 30, 2009 7:49 AM | Link to this
this is a great post — on thursday, post-turkey nappage, i suggested to my family, “next year, what if we did dim sum thanksgiving?” (only half-joking).
-leigh austineatssandwiches.wordpress.com