Homemade Cranberry Sauce
During our 4 years in Japan, we celebrated Thanksgiving with our multicultural group of friends who became our family in Tokyo. For some, Thanksgiving was not a part of their holiday calendar, so we...
View ArticleCocktail Friday: Spiced Rum & Cranberry Old Fashioned
It snowed here yesterday. It wasn’t the big wet flakes I expected; instead, we experienced a pretty, delicate snowfall thanks to chilly temperatures that made me feel like I was home in Minnesota. My...
View ArticleApple Crisp with Maple Syrup & Pomegranate
For our first Thanksgiving in Japan, I made apple crisp. We didn’t have an oven, so I ended up putting 2 very small pans of apple crisp in our fish oven which is essentially a tiny broiler. I cooked...
View ArticleLeftover Turkey Sandwich with Miso Mayo
I fell down a rabbit hole yesterday. It started when I remembered that Brad and I had a blog from when we first moved to Tokyo. At first, I just wanted to read the posts from Thanksgiving in 2008 but …...
View ArticleHomemade Potato Lefse
Last week, Riley and I drove up to Evergreen. It’s about a half hour drive from our house and on this particular day, it was absolutely gorgeous. The snow that had fallen earlier in the week was still...
View ArticleCocktail Friday: Meyer Lemon + Vanilla Gimlet
About 10 years ago, I used to think that a Lemon Drop Martini was the height of sophistication when it came to cocktails. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with the cocktail itself. When done...
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