Portrait of an Italian Thanksgiving

Here's a little photoessay I like to call: How I Gained 5 Pounds in One Afternoon. My thanks to Doug Pollock for exhaustive use of his iPhone.

Look at that spread!! That little lady on the bottom left is clam dip . . . guhhhhh. So good. We've got sliced salami. We've got glad corn. Mango avocado salsa. A professional-grade cheese board complete with sliced pears, a beet rosette, dates, and wasabi peas. As if that wasn't enough, we've got some olives and tapenade with bread.



Dear pears, meet your betrothed . . .
you and this hunk of cheese are going
to be very happy together.













The high art of beet presentation.



Wasabi peas . . . ZING!



Fresh artisinal bread.



Bar starting line-up. Cousin Lauren was mixing
some outrageous dark & stormies.

First course! Dad's mulligatawny soup with apples.

Let the feasting truly begin! Here's some stuffing
and some candied sweet potatoes - mom's specialty.

Beets & lovely mustard greens.

Susan looks suspicious of Uncle Bob. Or turkey. Or both.

Mashed potatoes, brussells sprouts, cranberry sauce.

Lauren also makes a mean caffe coretto.

Pies: Aunt Sue's pumpkin and Susan Lynne's
vegan blueberry.

Aunt Sue's apple pie and Lisa's lime squares. Yum!!

Happy Thanksgiving!