Cookies, Pies and Pounds Oh My!

With the holidays right around the world, I look forward to all of the food that is cooked and baked just for the occasions and am reminded of memories from years past that I miss. Food from all around the world, decked tables of culinary delights and thoughts of New Years resolutions to lose the weight that we put on each November and December. What’s kind’s of foods do you look forward to each year? Are those different than what you remember as a child?

Traditional American food for Thanksgiving usually consists of a golden roasted turkey browned and dripping with juices, unless the cook is part of the Griswald family that is, Stove-top stuffing, sweet potatoes laden with butter and marshmallow and jelled cranberry sauce fresh with lines from the can slid straight onto the plate. Okay, one could hope not but you get the idea.

Do you remember why we celebrate Thanksgiving? What about other countries? Do they celebrate the holiday?

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