You will need: The contents of your turkey roasting pan 2 generous tablespoons plain flour 1 cup red wine 1/2 cup port 2-3 cups turkey or chicken stock- hot 2 tablespoons cranberry jelly Once your turkey is cooked to your specification, remove it from the roasting tray.  Then remove all but about two tablespoons of [...]

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So it’s that time of year gain, and I am once more preparing for Thanksgiving. This is a task made slightly more difficult by a) living in Britain, and b) cooking for a family largely unfamiliar with American food. On the plus side, their idea of American food at Thanksgiving would be satisfied for them [...]

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I’ve never really been much a one for Easter, as holidays go. I was never a huge fan of chocolate, even as a toddler found the idea of a huge bunny hopping about the globe dispensing candy to good Catholic children somewhat unconvincing, loathed the idea of having to eat fish on Good Friday, and [...]

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So another Thanksgiving has come and gone. This one went fine, though for me it was a tad lacklustre. I think I need to fire up the menu next year; make it more interesting for myself. This year just felt a bit “baste the turkey, blah blah… make the stuffing, blah blah.. scream at mother, [...]

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I say Harvest, because it’s that time of year. Thanksgiving, that annual Holiday wherein, depending how you look at it, Americans celebrate a)the first harvest of the Pilgrim fathers, or b) the beginning of the end for the Native population, is upon us. Or rather, upon me. Yup, I have once again inflicted upon myself [...]

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