Moonlight In Vermont

Full moon, lunar eclipse and a winter solstice had our sky lookers busy this past week. Down here on earth I have been busy baking and having holiday parties. I wanted to share some photos and wish you all a wonderful holiday season!

Thanksgiving 2010

Next to Greek Easter, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday to be cooking and planning a feast! We used all local vegetables from the Brussels sprouts I grew to the potatoes, carrot and onions from our CSA. Adams turkey farm raised our delicious bird just across town, Heather from Sweet Clover wrote a few words about the farm. Prince Charming and I made a flavorful maple turkey brine and after twenty four hours in the brine the turkey was cooked to perfection!

Now, we are clearly onto more holiday endeavors such as fruit cake and stollen! The fruit cakes

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Blenheim Apricots
Sea Salts 
Le Crussett 
Emile Henry Pie Dish
Bench Scraper
Lemon Juicer
Silpats
Quality Spatulas 
Quality Olive Oil

Here is a list of some of my most used pantry items that I keep stocked in the kitchen:

Holiday Baking

Here we are again, another fun filled year almost behind us. Last years cookie marathon was such a blast that I decided keep it that way, so no cookie marathon this year. New recipes will be posted and delicious holiday baking will still be had! Actually, I am on day four of my fruitcake recipe. This two week process will be finished and ready to eat on the day of our holiday party.