I do love a Thanksgiving -- but mostly for being with the family that we choose or are chosen by. (The grammar there is abysmally complex). Point being: in uni and grad school and post-grad days, Thanksgiving was all about the family that you build around yourself. In grad school it was the time to decompress a bit with friends and friends of friends, that really did become your friends; in post-grad Oxford, the USians in our research group put on a Do for the brits and europeans, and it was enough to be there and to be thankful for being there. And this year ... well this year we cannot choose. This year we have each others. And Zoom. And a room where I would like to read out loud to a friend.
Thank you for these delightful newsletters, which I hear in your voice.
Between recent losses and Covid, our T-day will be very quiet indeed, just us. But we're still having it. We have all the fixings, and a friend will drop by a pie (as I am a worthless cook) and all will be good!
Orange Smoosh sounds delicious and I happen to have all the ingredients, even Apple cider! This is because I opened a bottle last night to make a recipe I just recently found, for Apple cider donut loaf cake. I used buttermilk instead of sour cream, and much less sugar-spice topping, and omg it is soooo gooood.
I thoroughly enjoyed this post. T-day here will be quiet and much like every other day this year, except with slightly fancier food and I’m seriously considering making your Orange Smoosh and honestly I’m pretty ok with it even though it also makes me sad at the same time.
Thank you so much for sharing. I love the voice in these—I can practically hear you as if you’re telling the story in person—and at the same time I feel like I’m learning more about you! It’s a really wonderful thing.
I’ve been making a pie a day for our two person thanksgiving because I am a stress baker through and through (and delighted to have a partner with a great metabolism) but no recipes of note to share. I spent my youth trying to over-complicate the family recipes (for ex: salted caramel laced brown butter apple pie) only now to go back to those exact “boring” recipes.
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I do love a Thanksgiving -- but mostly for being with the family that we choose or are chosen by. (The grammar there is abysmally complex). Point being: in uni and grad school and post-grad days, Thanksgiving was all about the family that you build around yourself. In grad school it was the time to decompress a bit with friends and friends of friends, that really did become your friends; in post-grad Oxford, the USians in our research group put on a Do for the brits and europeans, and it was enough to be there and to be thankful for being there. And this year ... well this year we cannot choose. This year we have each others. And Zoom. And a room where I would like to read out loud to a friend.
Sounds delicious and I look forward to sharing with family... friends... sometime in the future!🌞Thank you for sharing your world!✨
Thank you for these delightful newsletters, which I hear in your voice.
Between recent losses and Covid, our T-day will be very quiet indeed, just us. But we're still having it. We have all the fixings, and a friend will drop by a pie (as I am a worthless cook) and all will be good!
Orange Smoosh sounds delicious and I happen to have all the ingredients, even Apple cider! This is because I opened a bottle last night to make a recipe I just recently found, for Apple cider donut loaf cake. I used buttermilk instead of sour cream, and much less sugar-spice topping, and omg it is soooo gooood.
I thoroughly enjoyed this post. T-day here will be quiet and much like every other day this year, except with slightly fancier food and I’m seriously considering making your Orange Smoosh and honestly I’m pretty ok with it even though it also makes me sad at the same time.
Here’s a recipe for you, the aforementioned cake:
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/apple-cider-doughnut-loaf-cake
Thank you so much for sharing. I love the voice in these—I can practically hear you as if you’re telling the story in person—and at the same time I feel like I’m learning more about you! It’s a really wonderful thing.
I’ve been making a pie a day for our two person thanksgiving because I am a stress baker through and through (and delighted to have a partner with a great metabolism) but no recipes of note to share. I spent my youth trying to over-complicate the family recipes (for ex: salted caramel laced brown butter apple pie) only now to go back to those exact “boring” recipes.