Renaissance life in a post-modern world
Posted in Recipes on Dec 16th, 2008
Somewhere in the archives of this blog, I have emphasized how much I love foodie magazines. However, I have to say it again. It’s on my mind right now. I absolutely love foodie magazines. I digest every page of each issue. I wait with baited breath for the next glossy issue to arrive. I cut out [...]
Posted in Recipes on Nov 26th, 2008
Simple, unpretentious ingredients work synergistically to produce glorious golden gravy. Fat, flour and liquid. . . the combinations and variations of these three components are too numerous to mention. Creative culinarians have produced sumptuous rich gravies from this uncomplicated trio for generations.
The gravy that embellishes the feast at our home embodies the flavors that I relish - creamy butter [...]
Posted in Recipes on Nov 10th, 2008
Do you serve dressing or stuffing at your Thanksgiving feast? This is a controversial issue. After a bit of research I have found that historically stuffing was the preferred terminology. Wikipedia refers dressing inquiries to their stuffing definition. This leaves me to believe that they discount the notion of referring to the seasoned mixture of moist breads, fruit and [...]
Posted in Recipes on Nov 6th, 2008
Thanksgiving dinner - the table, set with lovely linens, is graced by your turkey sitting in all its glory upon a beautiful platter. This is the point where problems generally begin to occur at our dining table.
We are usually serving between 20 and 30 people. After a lovely, thought-provoking prayer my husband carves frantically hoping to serve everyone [...]
