It was a lovely time and we all chipped in with house-cleaning, yard-work, the wine selections and the excellent pecan pie and apple strudel .
However, my wife did most of the work and her cooking was an art all in itself. So here's to my wife and to the mother of my two children. I take the liberty here in speaking for them and saying that we all thought that what she did for us here on Thanksgiving Day and for the long weekend was wonderful and so welcome and satisfying : so much comfort for us all.
It did not go unnoticed and unappreciated, from flower cuttings and arrangements to an incredible table-setting, and of course the food itself from the home-made fresh cranberry sauce, turkey, home-made stuffing, gravy that she tweaked and added to, fresh green beans and a spinach casserole that she tried to great fanfare for the very first time this Thanksgiving..
In these pictures that follow you can see some of the dishes and the table setting, the wines from CHALONE CA. Pinot Blanc 2007 ( oaky and smooth and forward ), the CHALONE CA. 2006 Pinot Noir ( elegant and silky and warm with a touch of warmth from the alcohol ), the PIO CESARE dry white Piemontese Gavi Di Gavi ( complex and mineral-laden and creamy-soft Italian white ) : and the first white we started with : the Argentinan NEMESIO 2010 Sauvignon Blanc ( from Patagonia, Argentina and not Mendosa, Dan also dropped off a bottle of the 2010 Chardonnay from NEMESIO that we enjoyed later in the weekend, unoaked and bright and cheerful and a delight, too ) ; ... the Sauvignon Blanc 2010 that was bright, crisp and very smooth without any real bite - medium-to-light-bodied that went very well with my wife's platter of veggies , olives, spreads, etcetera before the meal.
I love the golden light reflecting up from the silver wine coaster here through the PIO CESARE dry white 2007 Gavi Di Gavi. What a great lot of sunshine here - liquid wine sunshine ...
What a magnificent turkey this one was and still is : leftovers, too that we are still enjoying.
I love the wings " so crunchy and chewy et bien bronze aussi ...
My glass of 1994 Late-Bottled Vintage CROFT port pictured above that kept me a bit warmer as I grilled the fresh, tender, succulent morsels of asparagus outside before our meal on a bright and yet chilly mid afternoon.
All the possible wine lined up in the picture above that I might serve depending on whatever happened announced or unexpectedly as is often the case ...
I love to grill outside : grilling these asparagus was my wife's idea and a great one it was ...
I still love my FIOR DI MAGGIO ( means Mayflower ) blue pitcher that I bought years ago back around the mid eighties. We would sell them each year at the Mayflower Wines & Spirits. Owners Sidney Moore and her parents Helen and Aaron Millman that lived in Florence, Italy would a new one each year so that they were never the same. I have two.
These pewter plates above my mother found in Paris, France when we lived there as my father was a career officer with the Sate Department and he served as both the Chief Consul for Visas and also for Passports while stationed there. My mother gave these lovely plates to both my wife and me and we enjoy using them when we have the opportunity.
Wow, the magnificent stuffing above about to come out of our oven!
It was a beautiful day on Thanksgiving Day here in northern Virginia and I love the picture above with the rim of the red CROFT Late-Bottled-Vintage 1994 port above against the backdrop of our back yard with the beautiful trees and all the green.
Here's the " new " spinach casserole above that my wife introduced for the very first time. I also love the lit candles : adds a nice touch, really : takes me back to the time of the pilgrims when all this tradition started after all ... cheers, TONY
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