Thanksgiving is just two days away. Are you ready? You’ll be fine – trust me. Remember, Thanksgiving is all about friends and family, the food is just a catalyst for the gathering. As you gird up to face the coming three days, I thought it might be useful to share some of my tried-and-true tools [...]
Last night I went to see The Blind Side. In case you’ve missed the many tissue-worthy promos for this movie, it’s the story of Michael Oher, an athletically gifted boy from the poorest area of Memphis who is almost lost to the world of drugs and poverty. Through a series of events which from my [...]
Let yourself off the food and wine pairing hook this Thanksgiving – it turns out it’s not as big of a deal as you might think.
The Thanksgiving Food and Wine Conundrum
As turkey day looms there’s an uptick in Thanksgiving wine advice from magazines, blogs, and wine merchants. Most talk about the difficulty of finding a [...]
It’s been almost a decade since I’ve had to plan a Thanksgiving dinner but this year I’m on the hook. After spending a few hours on recipe creation and planning, I remember why it’s such a huge pain. Putting together a big collection of recipes that all work together not only from a flavor-perspective but [...]
When I was growing up, the turkey on our Thanksgiving dinner table always started out frozen and the biggest differences among turkeys in the grocery store were brand and price. My mother would keep an eye out for the best combination of these two attributes, and often our turkey would be free with a grocery [...]
[Jump right to the recipe: Pumpkin Bread]
Early this fall, my company’s resident baker brought in a wonderful loaf of pumpkin bread in an attempt to fatten up our staff. I was of course more than happy to partake of her bread, seeing as I love pumpkin in wholly unwholesome ways. I immediately asked for the [...]
