Our Share of the Harvest

Dear Google Reader Folks, Sorry for the monstrous photos in the Reader version of the printable recipes.  The blog automatically resizes them and that doesn’t translate to GR.  We’ll get that worked out ~Lindsey Tweet

Jey, from The Jey of Cooking, put out the call for Savory Baking as our What’s Baking theme for November which, to me, meant I had a reason to face one of my long-time struggles–baking yeast breads. I’ve done several yeast breads before but I’ve known, every time, that they weren’t the best they could [...]

The vision was simple–a turkey chili with white beans in a creamy thick sauce, a hearty repurposing of leftover Thanksgiving turkey without repeating the Thanksgiving flavors that sent me into a food coma the day before. The beans were easy–a long, hot soak and they were the perfect consistency–you want them soft but not falling [...]

Normally, I’d be all about a fancy, over-the-top dessert.  It’s the greatest course to really show off and go all out–the more decadent, the better. But, I save those for potlucks because make-ahead dishes are the best friend of busy hostesses and desserts can be the easiest course to make 2 days ahead of time.  [...]

I feel like the side dishes are the sand trap of every Thanksgiving-like dinner.  You want tasty appetizers because they are the first thing people sample.  You want impressive desserts because the holidays are nearly the only time you can play pastry chef without seeming like a pretentious d-bag.  And, it goes without saying that [...]