thanksgiving

kabocha & caramelized onion galette

October 21, 2015

As much as I dread fall (mostly because of the season that-shall-not-be-named that comes after it), I have to admit that I secretly enjoy more things about it than any cold-weather hater should have the right to. There's the undeniable coziness of multiple layers and fuzzy slippers, the soothing weight of a heavy comforter at night, the crisp ...

acorn squash & hazelnut frangipane galettes

November 24, 2014

Last week I woke up to find that all the leaves outside our window were gone. Now that the trees are mostly bare, we can see a little sliver of the East River from our dining table; it glints ...

maple sweet potato casserole & thyme marshmallows + thanksgiving stuffing dinner rolls

November 19, 2014

Pinch dishes from The Fortynine Studio. We had a mini impromptu Friendsgiving ...

cheddar brown butter apple crumbles

September 19, 2014

Happy Friday! Just popping in to wish you guys a happy weekend and to share these teeny apple crumbles, up on Verily ...

mashed potatoes with sage brown butter

March 5, 2014

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So this may seem odd, given my great and well-documented love for Southern comfort food, but I'm not usually the biggest fan of mashed potatoes. To me they're like the vanilla extract of side dishes -- ...

dressed-up creamed corn

February 10, 2014

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One of my favorite restaurants back home serves a mean creamed corn. Decadent, syrupy-sweet, almost like a custard. (Whenever my dad orders it and the waitress asks if we'd like dessert, he always says, "Got my dessert right ...

roasted brussels sprouts and chips, three ways

November 24, 2013

It's almost Thanksgiving! So this week I thought I'd post on what seems to be the Thanksgiving vegetable of the year. If last week was about

mini brown butter cheddar apple crumbles

November 18, 2013

I know that these couple of weeks in the run-up to Thanksgiving are all about pie. It's even Pie Week in some parts of the blogosphere this week! And if I had the ...