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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Tonight, 18 guests will be arriving at my house for Thanksgiving dinner. I couldn’t be more excited! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays throughout the year. I am so thankful for my loving family and friends. I also wanted to thank all of the loyal Kitchen Konfidence readers. I launched Kitchen Konfidence in July 2010 and I never thought it would reach this level of readership so quickly. I truly appreciate all of your comments, likes, love and feedback.
Since I’ve been so busy prepping and cooking over the past several days, I haven’t had the time to update KK this week. I wanted to take a moment to post my Thanksgiving 2010 lineup. Recipes are available upon request.
Please note that I will be tweeting live T-Day updates all day today on Twitter. Check them out: @brandiego. If you would like to join the party, include #kktday2010 in your tweet.
Thanks again and Happy Thanksgiving. Here’s the menu:
Appetizers:
Baked Brie en Brioche with Apples and Cranberries
Blue Cheese Spread with Rosemary and Toasted Walnuts
Seasonal Produce Selection
Devilish Eggs
Smoked Salmon
Raw Oysters with an Apple Ginger Mignonette
Signature Cocktails:
Cozy Cabins
Cranberry Orange Vanilla Spritzer
Meyer Lemon Drops
First Course:
Spicy Pumpkin Soup with Toasted Cumin Crema
Harvest Salad with Shaved Apples and Fennel
Second Course:
Turkey in Parts
Gravy
Italian Chard Stuffing
Chanterelle and Pear Stuffing
Zinfandel Cranberries
Brussels Sprouts and Caramelized Shallot Gratin
Sweet Potato Crunch
Sweet Potato Mash
Green Beans and Chanterelle Mushrooms with Toasted Hazelnuts
Lyn’s Hot Buns
Palate Cleanser:
Dessert:
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Coconut Custard Pie
Persimmon Fool Pudding with Fresh Whipped Cream
I’m Brandon: food explorer, recipe curator, cocktail shaker, dessert lover. Kitchen Konfidence is how I document my time spent in my favorite space, the kitchen. Did you make a recipe? Tag @brandiego on Instagram so I can see the how it went!
Megan says
Wow! Best of luck on this wonderful day! Way to go with that amazing menu! I want to marry off one of my children into your family just so I can eat all that wonderfulness! Happy day! Megan
Yesim says
Sounds great menu , and you do a great job here, you shouldnt get surprised u become successful in short time.
with 18 people&your menu , i m sure it ll be great thanksgiving..
wish i could join;)
Liv Wan says
I like your recipes and photos very much and hope you had a great thanksgiving. 🙂
Gayle Martin says
Can I come over to your house?
Seriously, you have an outstanding menu and your guests are in for a very special treat. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving and I’ll be seeing more of you on Food Buzz.
Judy says
Your menu sounds divine. I’m still in Peru and they don’t traditionally have Thanksgiving, but we did have turkey and mashed yams for dinner. Nothing like your menu!
Sandra says
Great menu. Hope you get a well deserved rest later on. Have a Happy Holiday!
Michael Toa says
oh wow. everything sounds utterly delicious and you must had been busy in the kitchen. I hope you have recovered… 🙂
I’ll be having my thanksgiving dinner today as I was away on the actual day. I cannot wait.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Brandon Matzek says
@everyone Thank you for the beautiful, kind words. Thanksgiving dinner was an amazing success this year. I managed to overcome my two issues from last year (dry turkey and poorly formed pie crust). I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
thoma says
great menu Brandon! i’m so wowed by your effort and results. good job and don’t forget to buzz us on all recipes not leaving out any. i do bookmark recipes to my choice for future use.