Look what came in the mail today! The November (read Thanksgiving) issue of Bon Appetit. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It isn't overtly religious or full of the commercialism so many other holidays have succumbed to. It is just about family and food -- two of my favorite things. Usually my parents host Thanksgiving and I cook 80% of the dishes. I love to spend hours planning the menu with a good balance of the traditional and new. I even have a Thanksgiving planner that contains previous years' menus (with recipes) along with recipe contenders for the current year's list. I put a lot of time into this, obviously. My paternal grandfather was a chef who passed his kitchen adventurousness onto his sons, which encourages unique dishes on the table whenever we gather.
This year the family rented a beach house in St. Augustine to celebrate both Thanksgiving and my grandfather's 90th birthday. My grandmother just passed in August, and this will be the first time my family has gathered since her funeral. I know it will be a bittersweet affair, since my grandmother was a woman who cherished family, food, and faith above all else. Holidays were very important to her, so I'm looking forward to planning this year's feast while helping to continue our family's traditions. I'll share some favorite recipes from Thanksgivings past when we get into the month of November, since I'm sure I'm the only person out there already planning.
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