The Feast

If eating is akin to giving thanks, we outdid ourselves. Our bacchanalian feast was superb and the lack of leftovers was a welcome testament that all was well appreciated. (Of course, we can attribute a lot to j being there as well; next time I'll just give him a platter because even my oversized plates weren't big enough for him.) Nonetheless the menu is worth documenting for posterity. First I think the culinary collaboration worked! The melding of tastes, textures and colors made for an exquisite collection of treats offered up by the supercooks: roast turkey laced with herb butter, stuffing & gravy, sliced ham, baked mac, stuffed mushrooms and homemade cranberry sauce from LalaMama; baked squash with sweet potatoes, stir-fried brocolli with walnuts, garlic/romano cheese drenched green beans plus fabulous citrus-laden salads from emmy; collards with smoked turkey and sundried tomatoes, slamming pomegranate sangria, corn pudding, pumpkin and plum/cherry pies from mocomo AND flowing nectar of the gods - red&white WINE, WINE, WINE from everyone. Praise to everybody who contributed, now get busy and exercise it all off! I swam last nite, did hi-impact aerobics this a.m. and plan to swim this afternoon.