We cooks see things just a bit differently than everyone else. Sure, we measure time down to the nanosecond with Outlook calendars and PDAs like everyone else, but we're also counting the twelve or fourteen hours it takes to make no-knead bread. We're racing between work and school and so many other appointments, but we also have our eyes open to find the perfect, local Meyer lemon or butternut squash.
This kitchen-centric view gives us so much to be thankful for: the family and friends we'll be spending the long weekend with, both the farmer's market and the farmer, stuffing recipes, free-range turkeys, a deep drawer full of shiny pots.
Here at The Kitchen we're interested in knowing what you're thankful for. This is the holiday set aside for giving thanks (and swapping turkey recipes). Post away and let us know what you're thankful for this year. Flickr some photos of what you're thankful for too. We'll post a round-up on Thanksgiving afternoon.
Also, early this year, we posted about how the world says grace. We thought linking back to that post might useful in case you're called upon to say grace on Thursday. You might also be interested in this tale about saying grace on a California farm, and while we're no friends of factory farming, we also appreciate this handy booklet of graces compiled by Tyson Foods.
Thanks for your support and tips and thanks for sharing The Kitchen with your friends. Happy Thanksgiving!
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it is my family's tradition to go around the table and say what they are grateful for this year. some years that's been harder to do than others, but there is always, fortunately, something.
more and more as i get older, and become more in tune with what i consume and produce, i am grateful for the sheer bounty that surrounds us. while a part of me derides box stuffing and canned candied yams, the rest of me knows that there is someone in this world, in this country, even in this town for whom such fare is a luxury.
besides, i know that i would rather have mac & cheese from a box with my family than feast on heritage birds and gourmet sides alone. and that, too, is something to be grateful for.
hope you all have wonderful thanksgivings, wherever you are, no matter how humble or chaotic they may be.
(and for our nonamerican friends, happy thursday!)
Boy, is this an easy one to answer this year: after more than three years in painful suburban exile, this year, we finally moved back to NYC. I'm almost a little glad we couldn't make it to my mom's house, because if I had to describe how utterly thankful I am to the rest of my family, I would surely dissolve into a blubbering wreck.
This year I have so much to be thankful for, it was such a full year. A year ago I was a wreck myself. Everything was just beginnings.
I am thankful for my partner in life/my fiancee and the future we've committed to; to what working towards my career has given me in terms of a purpose and the inspiration others have given me; the emotional balance I've learned and practiced; the financial discipline I finally acheived this year; and of course for the slow food revolution, the small farmers that provide my food, and the meal I will be eating tommorrow.
Lastly, that hope still lives in our government. I had given up hope completely that my America still lived, and now at least there is a huge expectation that it does.
Happy long relaxing meals to you all! I wish you all a relaxing day, lounging, munching, and talking late into the night.
It's just two of us for Thanksgiving this year, everybody else is working. So we are eating like our Danish great grandmother cooked, with red cabbage and meatballs, little red potatoes. And chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
My son told me "I'm getting a second job to pay off my student loan faster."
So, a fire in the fireplace, enjoying new hardwood floors, going for a big walk, calling some friends...that's a lot to be thankful for.