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Now is the time to review the Thanksgiving recipes,
to determine the failures and successes,
to start planning ahead for Hanukkah,
Christmas, New Year's Eve & Day!
We shall work around the pandemic
and find a way to keep the feast!

"Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do you want those basic things fixed, you want it done in a really nice, gentle way that makes you feel loved. That's a big desire, and cookbooks say to the person reading them, 'If you will read me, you will be able to do this for yourself and for others. You will make everybody feel better.'

" . . . there is nothing like a cookbook to explain to you how we used to live. If you want to know what real life used to be like, meaning domestic life, there isn't anywhere you can go that gives you a better idea than a cookbook." (10)

from More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen
by Laurie Colwin (1944 - 1992)

~ My mother's notation inside her favorite cookbook ~

~ Here's the little Hunt's booklet that she mentions ~

As it is Thanksgiving weekend,
I must conclude with this notation
that appears as the first item on her
list of successful menu and recipe

"MilePosts"

1961 ~ Thanksgiving Dinner
turkey ~ everything

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Happy ~ Thanksgiving & Turkey ~ Day!

Grade School Art & Poetry
by my twin brother Bruce ~ 1965 (or so)

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