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Halloween '97

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Thanksgiving '99

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Thanksgiving 1999

 

cheese board - morbier, cheddar, paranno, dry jack
roasted garlic puree, artichoke heart tapenade

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roasted red & yellow bell pepper soup
caesar salad with parmesan tuilles

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turkey, slow roasted with garlic, herbs, and citrus
bread stuffing with mushrooms and port
spinach stuffing a la del papa
cranberry relish - two ways
warm potato rolls
garlic mashed potatoes
blue lake beans with pomegranite buerre blanc
ridiculous mushrooms, reduced with love

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apple pie with shortbread crust
chocolate bourbon pecan pie with gentleman jack hard sauce
pumpkin pie
vanilla, cinnamon and single-malt scotch ice creams

 

25 November 1999
For mom, dad, david, tom, lorraine, russell, and james.