Thanksgiving 2010: The home stretch

Wrapping up today; gearing up for tomorrow. We had a lovely dinner a new veggie Chinese place at the edge of Chinatown, then visited David and Julia to see how their newly installed bamboo floor was holding up. (Dusty, if you're wondering. But lovely nonetheless.) Then we headed up to squeeze in a bit more preparation before The Big Day.

Mid-afternoon, Michael made the seitan sauce for part of one of our main courses. Don't worry about his knife skills; the red stuff is smoked paprika.

We both had a great time making and piping gougères. They're so much fun to watch while they're baking because you can see them puff up right before your eyes.

And finally, we stayed up late to finish baking a slicing six baguettes: