a corny Thanksgiving
This year's non-traditional Thanksgiving was back to Mexican, because there's no American like Mesoamerican. Last time (2010) was based on Roberto Santabanez's Truly Mexican; this time, we made a menu…
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non-traditional thanksgivinga mosquito thanksgiving
Yes, yes, I realize I'm posting this a full month after Thanksgiving ... bookmark it and save the ideas for next year, OK? This year's non-traditional Thanksgiving menu was inspired by…
Read MoreScandinavian Thanksgiving, part 2
continued from part 1 Having finished our salads, everone took a break while I finished cooking the main course. This took about 1/2 hour, giving everyone some time to…
Read Morea Scandinavian Thanksgiving, part 1
We never do traditional American Thanksgiving at our place, but this year particularly called for something a little different. With only the four of us, we really didn't want to…
Read MoreRussian Thanksgiving part 2
Once stuffed with the zakuski, the family retired while I finished cooking the main course. They were fine with the half-hour break, since there had been so many zakuski. Of…
Read MoreRussian Thanksgiving Part I: zakuski
If you follow this blog, you know that we don't do "traditional" Thanksgiving food. It helps that everyone in my family has always hated turkey. Since it seems like America…
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