T-day

Success!

Thirteen people. Seven courses. Five hours. Lots and lots of thankfulness.

I'm way too tired to blog the whole shebang right now, not to mention that the keyboard is not getting along with my dishpan hands. So here's the menu for your reading pleasure, and I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving Purse

Shellbark Farms goat cheese with cranberry & quince chutney

Blini Duo

roasted cornmeal, white bean purée, duxelles, microgreens

Borscht

roasted baby beets, dill raita, diced cucumber

Butternut Squash Tart

butternut squash, crispy Brussels sprouts leaves, shiraz-porcini sauce

Apple cider granita

Soup à l’Oignon Gratinée

Dessert

Maple-bourbon pecan pie

Betty’s squash blossom cake with honey & toasted pumpkin seed icing

Mrs. Keen’s Cheddar

Molten Noi Sirius chocolate

Pain à l’ancien rolls

Kerrygold butter with chives

Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis Bricco della Ciliegie 2008

Ettore Germano Dolcetto d’Alba Lorenzino 2007