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Posted by Elizabeth Large at 9:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)
                    

National Restaurant Association research shows that one in 10 Americans ate in a restaurant last Thanksgiving. And more than half of us will be using some kind of ready-to-eat takeout item this year in our at-home feast. That's more than I would have guessed, on both accounts.

So for that one in 10, I'm still plugging away, letting you know places that will be open and serving next Thursday. Tabrizi's, I've just found out, will be offering a four-course Thanksgiving dinner with a choice of white or red wine for $50, not including tax or tip.

And meanwhile, can anyone help out Wendy, who's looking for a place to buy a fresh turkey in Easton?

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 10:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
                    

J. H. suggested this morning that people post their own Thanksgiving disasters, which would certainly be more entertaining than my previous entry on how to fix them.

I know I've had my own disasters -- I've cooked the holiday meal too many times not to -- but none of them come to mind at the moment. Of course, I'm happy to tell you about my family's disasters.

My younger brother, for instance, called me from LA one Thanksgiving morning when he was cooking his first dinner and said, "My guests will be here in a couple of hours. How do you defrost a turkey?"

And there was the time...  

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Posted by Elizabeth Large at 8:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (8)
                    

I was struck by the fact that under my Top Ten Places for Thanksgiving Dinner, everybody really wanted to talk about cooking at home. I'm with you on that one, so when a press release came in from Sunset magazine on how to deal with Thanksgiving disasters, I thought I would pass some of it along. (Experienced cooks will probably know this stuff.)

Remember when your gravy lumps up, I'm always here for you.

(Photo courtesy of Sunset Web site) 

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Posted by Elizabeth Large at 8:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
                    

If someone hasn't invited you for Thanksgiving dinner by now, it probably isn't going to happen. At least have a back up plan and make a reservation sooner rather than later at a restaurant.

Here are ten possibilities if you aren't interested in the all-you-can-eat buffets offered at many area hotels.

I tried to come up with a range of styles and prices and geographical diversity. After all, on Thanksgiving Day, it's no big deal to drive down to the Eastern Shore for dinner.

I checked back yesterday, but some places still haven't nailed down all the details. In other words, not everything here is set in stone. But this should give you a pretty good idea of what they're serving.

If you're ordering salmon for Thanksgiving dinner, I don't want to know about it, so I'm only giving the particulars of the turkey portion of the offerings. If no children-under-12's price is mentioned, it just means it hadn't been decided yet.

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Posted by Elizabeth Large at 4:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (13)
                    

I just got an e-mail from Mimis Cafe, a press release telling me my local Mimis will be selling over 1,000 Thanksgiving dinners this year.

I didn't even know I had a local Mimis, so I went to the Web site and checked out the closest one. It turns out to be on Dulles Town Circle in Sterling, Va., not really convenient for me, I don't know about you. (And anyway, it's "coming soon," so I'm not sure it counts.)

But that at least galvanized me to start thinking about gathering together a master list ...

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