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thanksgiving

thanksgiving rewind: chocolate pecan pie

December 2, 2009

In our household baking is not my purview. It’s not that I’m not capable of it, but rather that my wife really enjoys it. From time to time I’ll help with measuring out ingredients and whatnot while she assembles and does the hard work.
When it came time to choose the dessert portion of [...]

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thanksgiving rewind: sides & sauces

December 1, 2009

Continuing with the rewind, today I’m presenting a few basic recipes for the sides and sauces that I served on Thanksgiving. The pearl onion and cranberry sauce takes the place of a traditional gravy. I tried it for the first time about three years ago and it has since become a requested item. [...]

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thanksgiving rewind: apple & pecan smoked turkey

November 30, 2009

Over the next few days I’m going to be doing a quick review of my Thanksgiving culinary adventure. Today I’m going to start out with how I prepared the turkey. I had intended to smoke the turkey this year, however, I was the victim of an equipment malfunction.
Even though I ended up roasting the [...]

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