Thanksgiving 2013

We hosted our first holiday feast this year and had a wonderful time. Along with the Averys, our friends Mary, Patrick, and Rowan came to dinner, so we were 13. With the exception of a slight turkey mishap (damn things were frozen in the middle), everything went beautifully.

We had two 8 lb turkeys (local, organic, heirloom, blah blah. :) ) with gravy, and a ham.  Kim mostly took charge of the brining and cooking of the turkeys and the making of gravy, and they were delicious. I made a kale salad with fennel, coconut, pepitas, currants, and pears; butternut squash with tahini sauce; wild rice with mushrooms, hazelnuts, and cranberries, brussels sprouts with bacon; and purple cabbage with beets, apple, and pickled raisins. I also made two breads - pumpkin with chocolate chips and cranberry pecan. Mom made two beautiful apple pies, and Mary made cranberry sauce, a pumpkin pie, and a banana cream pie. And finally, Steve brought in three pints of ice cream from Salt & Straw (pumpkin and pecan, sweet potato and chevre, and salted caramel). 

the kids' table! a huge success. :)