Holiday Time
November 4, 2009 by Susie
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The thing about the holidays is that we expect to cook more than any other time of year while having less time to do it. Every year about this time, I think: Oh no, here comes the turkey again. My brain starts considering the Thanksgiving menu for about 30 seconds before turning tail and running off screaming in another direction. Who has time to menu plan?! The kids get the flu, the pace picks up at work, the house is a mess…what’s not on the schedule is an afternoon browsing through every cookbook I own looking for creative new ways to deal with Big Bird.
But look! EYB says I have 51 ways to deal with a whole turkey. And what if I want to indulge my passionate feelings about chestnuts (and when don’t I)? And hey, you know what? I love pomegranates but I can never think of how to fit them in at dinner. Also, I need something green. Didn’t I find some green-bean recipe I loved last year?
5 minutes later, I have the rudiments of a Thanksgiving menu…
- Dinde aux Marrons Bourgignonne (Turkey with Chestnuts, Burgundy-style from Anne Willan’s Country Cooking of France
- Pomegranate rice (with fenugreek, bay leaves, pistachios, basil and more) from Marcus Samuelsson’s Soul of a New Cuisine
- Green beans with lemon, garlic and Parmigiano Gremolata from The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper
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