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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – A Thoroughly Dickensian Christmas Feast
“Congratulations! You’re engaged!†said one woman to another as they boarded the subway at 42nd street station. “Can I see the ring?†“No.†replied the other. “He’s not given it to me yet.†Interesting. I stopped, hand on my iPod.
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Tagged bread pudding, carrot, Christmas, Christmas dinner, Dickens, heartbreak, hubris, mashed potato, parsnip, potato, poussin
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The Wednesday Tipple – Post Carol Concert Mulled Wine and White Chocolate Chip Brownies
I love a good carol concert. I love to sing in one and I love to listen to one. I want descants and cheesy bell music. I want Winter Wonderland and Most Wonderful Time of the Year. But I … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, carol concert, chocolate, chocolate chip, Christmas, cocktail, holiday party, mulled wine, orange juice, spices
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Christmas Present Quest
“What do you buy a man who you think you might be falling in love with for Christmas?†wondered Amazing Grace as we admired the food-themed windows at Barneys (though, on a slight tangent, did anyone else find them aggressive? … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, foodie presents, Grace, holiday, present shopping
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The Wednesday Tipple – Tree Trimming Punch (and vanilla star cookies)
Walking home from choir through midtown I pass a veritable forest of Christmas trees. Some, like the one at Rockefeller that presides over the skaters and the shoppers, are a joyful cacophony of light and sparkle. Others, guarding the banks … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, apple cider, apple juice, biscuit, Christmas, Christmas tree, cinnamon, cocktail, cookie, holiday party, tree trimming, vodka
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The Monday Treat – Warm panettone bread pudding
I was heading to my choir rehearsal when I heard a New Yorker having a really good day. A group of tourists in brightly colored ski jackets (why?) approached him as we waited at the lights. “Excuse me,†asked one, … Continue reading
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Tagged bread pudding, Carnegie Hall, Christmas, cream, custard, dessert, eggs, nutmeg, panettone, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Detox Coronation Turkey Salad
Yes, it’s been thanksgiving, but there’s also been a lot of Royal engagement fun occurring. Kate’s blue dress has sold out, the Tesco fake blue dress has also sold out, and the dress in Macy’s that I was intending to … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Christmas, coronation, coronation turkey, cranberries, detox, Kate Middleton, leftovers, lime, mango, royal wedding, Sara, Thanksgiving, turkey
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Vegetarian Thanksgiving – Roasted vegetables with cranberry wild rice
I make this Thanksgiving themed rice dish as often as I think Jon will put up with it, throughout Autumn and Winter. I think it might have been the first dish that I ever cooked for his parents, when they … Continue reading
Make ahead pureed vegetables
But my family always has a pureed [insert obscure vegetable] and there isn’t one on this menu! Any dinner that involves tradition and family is bound to run up against roadblocks of the ‘but we always have this’ variety. Best … Continue reading
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Tagged butternut squash, carrot, Christmas, potato, pumpkin, puree, recipe, sweet potato, Thanksgiving, turnip, vegetarian, what not to do, yam
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The Thanksgiving Plan: Butter Roast Turkey, served with roasted pumpkin, sweet and fingerling potatoes, green beans, apple stuffing, cornbread and cranberry sauce
Total Thanksgiving cooking time=turkey to room temperature time + cooking time + resting time For me, total Thanksgiving cooking time = 30 mins + 2 3/4 hours + 25 mins Therefore if dinner is at 2pm, I need to get … Continue reading
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This dinner is unlikely to get you laid – sorry – Thanksgiving by a Brit – Butter Roast Turkey, served with roasted pumpkin, sweet and fingerling potatoes, green beans, apple stuffing and cranberry sauce
I’m pretty sure that Thanksgiving Dinner never got anybody laid. All the carbs and all the family – it’s a killer combination. Engaged? Possibly. Divorced? So I’m apocryphally told. But laid? Nope. The best we can hope for is that … Continue reading