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  • Feasting

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    Valarie Budayr
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    We cooked for two days. Ruth , Susie, and I did our usual "day before Thanksgiving" cooking marathon. It's a good thing we cooked so much because a whole bunch of hungry people showed up. As the time of feasting approached everyone took their usual preparatory places. Barry carved the turkey. Larry mashed the potatoes.…

  • Music to Prepare By

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays. Way back in August I was feeling a little blue about the fact that so many of our children were going off to college and we anticipated that many of them would be missing this year. ………NOT. They all made the greatest effort to get here and we…

  • King Arthur’s Other Table

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    Valarie Budayr
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    For about 12 years the same gathering of family and friends have met together to celebrate Thanksgiving. The adults sit in the dining-room and the kids sit at the "kids table". That was until our children grew up and we now have more adults than children.   "Isn't there someway we could all sit at…

  • Happy Thanksgiving

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    Valarie Budayr
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        The year has turned its circle,The seasons come and go.The harvest all is gathered inAnd chilly north winds blow. Orchards have shared their treasures,The fields, their yellow grain,So open wide the doorway —Thanksgiving comes again! Old Rhyme.  I wish all of you in the States a very happy Thanksgiving and for those of…

  • Feast from the Middle Sea

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Before we were even married my sweet man from Lebanon had to endure the traditional meal of Thanksgiving. I say endure because I had never cooked a Thanksgiving meal in my life. We were living in Switzerland and I had become quite close to the little village I was living in and decided to cook…

  • Postcard from Thanksgiving

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    Valarie Budayr
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     With gratitude we wish peace in your place, joy in your heart, and may you have an abundant and blessed Thanksgiving. Happy Day of Thankfulness! From yesterday, acts of readiness and preparation for the big day, I proudly present the kitchen crew and homecoming crowd.  

  • Mimi’s in the Kitchen

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    Valarie Budayr
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    There is much anticipation for Thanksgiving at my house. It is one of our favorite holidays. As a mom, one of my favorite things is watching my children love and embrace our traditions. I was extremely busy this Thanksgiving and announced that I didn't have time to make the spinach pies. This is my daughter…

  • Thanksgiving

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    Valarie Budayr
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     This Thanksgiving was just wonderful. My business partner Per Svangren and his family flew in from Sweden to experience an American Thanksgiving. We had about 3 days of constant cooking and fun. One of my favorite family traditions is our gratitude circle. Big and small goes around the table before we eat and says something…