Posts Tagged ‘ Thanksgiving ’

Apple Bushel

Apple Bushel

One of the things I love about fall is the smell of apples! I grew up smelling them in the trees, then during high school there would be people selling apples by the bushel in the mal where I worked. When we traveled to Kingston regularly for Thanksgiving, Gerry would agree to stop to let me pick bushels of apples in exchange for Apple Crumble on Demand. Nothing says fall in Canada like the smell of apples in the air! Food Share, one of the sponsors of Alphabet City, brought bushel baskets of apples for people to eat. What I…

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Thanksgiving Dinner In The Air

Thanksgiving Dinner In The Air

Thanksgiving Dinner In The Air — Originally uploaded by LexnGer Sadly no big eating for us this Thanksgiving. Our flight home from New Brunswick pulled us from a BIG feast prepared by 2 professional chefs and 2 MORE amazingly good home cooks. Our hosts decided to pack us up plates to-go at the last minute. Little did we know how much they packed in. We goobled to-go plates on the plane. And the only challenge was getting them through airport security without our food getting "confiscated" by the hungry guards.

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A Little on the Side (s)

A Little on the Side (s)

I have posed a little pre-Thanksgiving question over on F*book.  (They have this cool "My Questions" app that lets you ask your friends a question on the sidebar of your profile. I know, I know… but I'm a widget & social media junkie.) Thanksgiving Food I realized, as the responses started flooding in, that I have a lot of people reading my blog that I'd like to have answer the question too.  So take a second, answer the question below, include a recipe (or not) and I'll share the lot with you here mid-next week. So here we go, What is…

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A Little On The Side(s)

A Little On The Side(s)

I have posed a little pre-Thanksgiving question over on F*book.  (They have this cool “My Questions” app that lets you ask your friends a question on the sidebar of your profile. I know, I know… but I’m a widget & social media junkie.) I realized, as the responses started flooding in, that I have a lot of people reading my blog that I’d like to have answer the question too.  So take a second, answer the question below, include a recipe (or not) and I’ll share the lot with you here mid-next week. So here we go, What is your favourite…

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The First Word on Food

The First Word on Food

Sunday October 22nd, that’s tomorrow, will find me chatting about food with Lisa Moskaluk on CIUT‘s The First Word. [Listen online between 1pm-3pm] The theme for the show this week is food and while I don’t know who else they’ve got scheduled in, I suggested a handful of other guests who I know have something to say on the subject. Who’d I suggest? Anne Pieponen – a CheapEats contributor who is opening a new bar/resto on College Street West just west of Dovercourt; Gurth Pretty – who just published Canadian Artisanal Cheeses, how cool is that? Johan Maes – the…

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Gooble Gooble

Gooble Gooble

Okay, so I've posted more text-based info on our Thanksgiving weekend over on unsweetened.ca. Wanna see the full set of photos, what we ate @ the AGO, who came for dinner, what we ate then too?  Well click through, 'cause that's the only way you're going to see it. ;->

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Thanksgiving Weekend All Way

Thanksgiving Weekend All Way

I know, I know, you’re all chomping at the bit to know how our Thanksgiving went. My excuse is that we had a busy weekend with Mom, Andy, CIUT‘s The First Word, and 14 guests for dinner.  Add to that the fact I jumped on a bus and headed to Ottawa before all the dishes were even done, thanks honey!, and well, I was just too lazy to keep you up to date. So I give you our weekend in images, starting with our trip to the AGO (you can see my thoughts on the Andy Warhol exhibit in the…

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Giving Thanks 4 Thanksgiving

Giving Thanks 4 Thanksgiving

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Turkey Time

Yes, the feast of all feasts is coming and I'm already salivating.  Turkey – yum!  Cranberry sauce – extra yum!  Potatoes – yum!  Apple in any and all forms – yum yum yum! Our menu this year is going to include some long time favourites: Turkey w/ garlic molasses glaze Pepper Cornbread stuffing Cranberry sauce w/ orange zest  (sadly, we'll have to do without Roth's fresh cranberry relish) Riced Potatoes Candied Yams (courtesy of M.Tinto) Baked Squash w/ brown sugar  And I can't wait. What are you making?  [[Take the poll over on unsweetened.ca]] Not cooking, but still hankerin' for…

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The Feast of All Feasts

The Feast of All Feasts

Yes, Thanksgiving is just days away and I’m already salivating.  Turkey – yum!  Cranberry sauce – extra yum!  Potatoes – yum!  Apple in any and all forms – yum yum yum! Our menu this year is going to include some of my absolute favourites: Turkey w/ garlic molasses glaze Pepper Cornbread stuffing Cranberry sauce w/ orange zest  (sadly, we’ll have to do without Roth’s fresh cranberry relish) Riced Potatoes Apple pie Kavi’s grannie’s cornbread, original recipe from the deep south, y’all. Wine – lovely lovely red wine. And for some of the guests, we’ll also be serving Candied Yams (courtesy…

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Giving Thanks.

Giving Thanks.

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to our US friends, readers, and lurkers. More than any Thanksgiving in the past, I am thankful today.  One year ago today, my father had a heart attack. He was stuck on an isolated island for 3 days before the weather allowed him to get to the hospital.  Less than 6 months later he had a stroke as a result of the heart attack. We were very lucky that dad survived and is doing well back on his island.  Other people and families have not been so lucky. In honour of Thanksgiving I invite you…

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Weekends

Weekends

Well, it’s been a busy couple of weekends. We had a lovely thanksgiving weekend with mom here in TO. She drove up, so we took advantage of the car and did some site visits outside TTC range. Yesterday, Mom had an International Baccalaureate round table. So we got her 2 weekends in a row and she “got” to join in on even more site visits. A 4pm phone call to the in-laws in Waterloo, and 2 hours later the whole gang was together for Indian buffet in Little India. It was lovely.

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