I spent most of the day cooking up an outrageous feast, and then sharing it with my wife, my boy, my mother, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law.
Roast turkey with giblet gravy; stuffing from pears, chestnuts and sage; baked potatoes, etc. All made from basic ingredients, I even roasted the chestnuts for the stuffing. With acknowledgements to Williams-Sonoma for most of the recipes and a fair amount of the industrial equipment. Call me a shallow consumerist house-husband, but I'll always say that one of the great things about our house is that it's within walking distance of a Williams-Sonoma.
And yes, it was four ladies, an infant and me, but it was the man who did most of the cooking. How's that for women's liberation? Others did their part, though. Wife drove to the bakery to pick up the pumpkin pie, ran interference with the baby, and did most of the post-clean-up. Sister-in-law bought some beet salad and green beans and burgundy pears. Mother-in-law brought her renowned relish of whole cranberries, jello, nuts and oranges, which is near the top of the list of the many wonderful things about marrying into the wife's family. My mother mainly helped with the baby, she's already paid her dues.
David provided most of the entertainment, with his funny faces, attempts at walking, and odd vocalizations that are almost beginning to make sense. His grandmothers live 2,000 miles apart, this was his first time to see both of them together.
And in addition to all of that, I'm also thankful for Peet's Coffee, Mark Steyn and his new website, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Tomorrow there will be turkey soup.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 28, 2002 10:27 PM