 OK, the final countdown to Thanksgiving has begun! Are you ready yet? I hope this final countdown post will help you with your final preparations, and make this the least stressful Thanksgiving you’ve ever had. It can’t be said enough, the more you can get done ahead of time, the easier the day will be. […]  I wanted to make a tart using limes, because I bought too many and needed to use them. I trolled around looking for ideas, and came up with this which is an amalgam of several recipes. Often when I making something new I read several recipes, put them all away and get to work. For […]  The phrase REAL FOOD seems to be everywhere lately and I’ve started to wonder if what I think is real is the same as what other people consider real.What makes food real; or more pointedly, what make it un-real or fake? Certainly artificial colors, flavors, and additives aren’t found in real food, but what additives […]
 I’m sure you associate tomato sauce with Italy, but tomatoes didn’t exist in Italy until after Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred ninety two. Well, not really, as it took Columbus until his third voyage to reach South America in 1498, and his fourth to reach Central America. Eventually he returned home […]
 Who doesn’t want to shop like a chef? Have you ever seen a chef shopping? If you do, follow them around and watch what they buy. What chefs and professional cooks prepare at home isn’t the sort of fare you get a restaurants. Most professionals make simple, well prepared food. They use good ingredients, […]
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Tracie - Great tips!! Thanksgiving dinner is a LOT of work, but so very worth it.
nrlowell@comcast.net - It so is! I look forward to it every year.
Julie Chenell DeNeen - This post was so helpful. Looking forward to your final countdown!
Robert Manea - This is why i do not cook the turkey.. we are a side bringing family..
nrlowell@comcast.net - Nice!
C.K. Hope - I absolutely love having the dishes marked with what goes in them! You just saved me the stress of having to stop whatever prep I’m doing to say “this goes here and that goes there …” Thank you!
nrlowell@comcast.net - So glad, that was my goal!
Lois Alter Mark - I love how you marked what each serving dish is for. And I can’t wait for your latke recipe although my mom has already gotten started on ours.
nrlowell@comcast.net - I love mine lacy and thin, how do you like yours?