This year Thanksgiving was a six course meal. Nothing like being outside of your comfort zone (in comfy USA) to break the traditions and do something different. Our meal pays an homage to the twenty (TWENTY!!) course meal put on by Brian B. and Ari F. Great friends and great eaters who hosted that legendary meal.
The T-Giv. meal was held at our good friends' Samantha and Sacha's house. There were 12 of us there and each person was responsible for an part of the meal. We even had a sommelier in attendance who magically paired each course with a wine. Fan-say!
And, in a very unexpected and super cool turn of events, our meal was written up here. Abbey is a cool lady and I'm super happy to know that she had an amazing time. We all did! It was one of the best (surely in the top 5) nights I've had in Jerusalem so far :)
Course 1: Veggie Chopped Liver / Veggie Antipasto.
~No photo available because I was busy eating.~
Course 2: Sage cornbread! That's a piece of sage sauteed in butter on that corn bread!
Course 6: Dessert! Pumpkin Pie / Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars / Truffles / Other Yummy Things
Samantha decorated the table like freakin' pro.
Leaves!
In case you are wondering, we did not have a turkey b/c some of the guests observe Kashrut Laws. A basic aspect of the KL is not mixing milk and meat--this meant that we could either have turkey and not use butter in anything or use butter in everything and not have turkey. Butter wins. Always.
In case you are wondering, we did not have a turkey b/c some of the guests observe Kashrut Laws. A basic aspect of the KL is not mixing milk and meat--this meant that we could either have turkey and not use butter in anything or use butter in everything and not have turkey. Butter wins. Always.
Next year it's back to Reston :) I can't wait!!
The write-up in Jewcy brought us right to the table with you and now these photos make it real. Bring your menu skills back to Reston for next year's celebration. We missed you guys!
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