Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2020 and E-book – 4 Weeks and Counting!

This post has been edited from the original, which was published on October 27, 2011. Can you believe what today is?  It is the beginning of the countdown!!  Thanksgiving is 4 weeks from today!  No need to panic, friends.  We’re going to have some fun over the next month!  Even though things are a little […]

Savory Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Let the Thanksgiving countdown begin!  So what that I am not having my typical 28-person dinner this year.  We’ll be a more intimate group of 10-ish and outdoors, but I am still doing it up!  Turkey, gravy, side dishes, pies, the whole works.  And, I’ve actually already gotten started.  Uh huh! And to help YOU […]

Dinner Planner – Week of October 26th, 2020

It’s feeling like fall and because I’ve finished two out of four classes for the Thanksgiving bootcamp, I have Thanksgiving on the brain!  I know Halloween is coming next weekend, but I think it’s going to be quieter than usual around here.  A couple of things to mention before you delve into this week’s dinner […]

Dinner Planner Week of October 12th, 2020

At this time last year, I was perfecting my Thanksgiving menu for November and getting physically ready for the most taxing month of the year for me.  In the first three weeks of November, I typically teach FIVE in-person classes a week.  FIVE.  It was Thanksgiving, after all.   People needed a refresher, or a pep […]

How to Make a Braided and Round Challah Recipe

  Growing up Catholic, I was not taught how to make challah, a traditional Jewish braided egg bread.  I don’t even remember the first time I tasted it.  It could have been in college.  But I did know how to make bread from scratch with yeast and I enjoyed the process.  It seemed so magical […]