The South, from Virginia to Texas, Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico, has culinary traditions as deeply rooted as any other part of the country. And that includes holiday dishes.
Some holiday foods were hard to get or expensive—like a piece of citrus put in a Christmas stocking—that historically would be bought for special...
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I think I may have mentioned a few dozen times that Thanksgiving dinner is my favorite meal to cook. It’s the ultimate comfort meal but still allows a great deal of creativity. Since my wife and I have no children and our siblings all live hundreds of miles away, gathering folks to come over for this very family meal has often...
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Charles Dickens is often given credit for transforming Christmas into a day of celebration centered on the family, especially Christmas dinner.
“Dickens remembered the dinner he had with his grandparents, a dinner that had fallen out of favor in recent years,” says Alice Ross, food historian and author of “A Christmas Dinner,...
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Vegetarians may not think of a seven-course seafood dinner as abstinence, but that is how many Italians around the world celebrate Christmas Eve. The Feast of the Seven Fishes, or cenone in Italian, is a commemoration of the wait for the midnight birth of Jesus. So where’s the abstinence? Since its earliest days, the Catholic...
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Hors d’Oeurves (brought by a guest)
J Cuvee 20 Brut NV (Sonoma, California)
J Brut Rose NV
Wild Mushroom Soup with Madeira
Naturally Raised Lancaster County Turkey, Spanek Roasted, with Sweet and Sour Pomegranate Sauce
Sides
Southwestern Cornbread Stuffing
Mashed Root Vegetable Casserole with Caramelized Onions
Brussels...
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