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These are a few of my favorite meals

Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged on November 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“Sitting at a table with family and friends makes life feel worthwhile.” — Unknown cookbook author (at least to me) on today’s Splendid Table As I look back over the past year, considering what I am thankful for, it’s not surprising that friends, family, and food top the list. While I have shared many amazing [...]

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Our first African feast: Thanksgiving & Zimbabwe

Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, tagged , , , , , on November 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »

“Don’t forget where you come from baby, ’cause there’s truth in it.” — Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls (Ghost of the Gang) Last night, the evening after Thanksgiving, I was sitting at The Nutcracker with a few dear friends, explaining why it is my favorite ballet. The first time I saw it, I was [...]

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Week four

Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, tagged , , , , on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it.”  ~ Alistair Cooke Love cranberry sauce. Why is it we only have it once a year? I saw it at Whole Foods [...]

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Saturday night

Posted in dinner, family dinner, tagged , on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“I’m thankful for Coco, Reggie, Zoe and pie.” — Sawyer on a Sunday School Thanksgiving project years ago, mentioning all of our animals — and pie — but none of us. We were supposed to host our book club dinner tonight, but I wrecked my back moving a coffee table on Monday. Being over 40 [...]

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