And the Pilgrims are Rolling Over in The...

Image: http://whatscookingamerica.net The simplistic Third Grade explanation for the Pilgrims’ journey is that they came here for religious freedom, the freedom to worship in a church other than the Church of England. I know better. They came to America for freedom from British culinary tyranny — for the freedom to have a proper Thanksgiving dinner. Being married to a Brit...

Ye Jolly Olde Dickensian Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has a different flavor in our house. But not as much of a different flavor as it would have if we let the Brits have their say. Their say? Why, of all holidays, should the British have ANYTHING to say about Thanksgiving? I ask myself that question every year. And every year, I conclude that it’s my fault for trying to spread the Gospel of Thanksgiving to a group who...