Thanksgiving 2009 Photos

Woke to a foggy Thanksgiving morning, a great misty view from our back porch. (Brief update: This photo collection won the Thanksgiving Photo Challenge on Food52 last week! The collections were so awesome so I was surprised and excited to win. Thank you for voting for these photos!)

Filled old mason jars with tea lights… so folks made it through the fog to the house.

Smoked two Vermont heritage birds in our old rickety smoker, fragrant smoke wafting across the entire block.

Basted the smoked bird in olive oil and… more olive oil.

Baked 4 no-knead loaves crusted in corn meal especially for Thanksgiving.

Chopped hazelnuts were sprinkled all over my caramelized brussels sprout & sweet-potato ravioli salad.

Sparsely-set long tables for our dear friends and family, topped with a homegrown-centerpiece made from recycled wine corks, wire, old gnarled wood & dried hydrangea from the garden.

Sparsely-set table setting, up close.

Warmed tomato pie from a Philadelphia-based cousin made for a quick appetizer as folks arrived.

Ruby, our sweet dog, took a break beside our huge photo of the Rockefeller Christmas tree, an ode to things to come.