Tag: Thanksgiving

  • Breaking with Tradition

    Today is Thanksgiving here in Canada. (Happy, happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!!!) For the past 23 years in my house, that has meant a minimum of two days of preparation leading to a full turkey dinner for family (and frequently friends). It’s a production and a half that begins with a trip to…

  • Recipes by Request: Vegetarian Gravy

    Every so often, the topic of food comes up in my Twitter and/or Facebook communities, and I’ll get a request for the recipe for something I’ve made. This time around, it’s for a vegetarian gravy I make for the non-meat eaters at our holiday dinners (we celebrated our Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday).  I’ve adapted the recipe from one…

  • Secret Family Recipe: A Perfect Pumpkin Pie

    This past weekend was Thanksgiving here in Canada, a traditional part of which involves the usual turkey dinner with all the trimmings…including my all-time, ultimate favourite: Pumpkin Pie (capitalized for a reason, trust me ;)). One of my moved-out daughters came over to help with pie baking this year, and this was the result: Two…