Holiday Feasts

Article: Turkey, My Dear Watson!

Don't you hate it when you read something and think, now why did I not think of that?! Well that happened when I was reading through the November issue of Martha Stewart Living. For years I've been on a Homer-esque quest to cook the most flavourful, moist and non-fussy turkey. 

I've conquered the flavour and moistness challenges by buying a fantastic free range bird and brining it in an aromatic bath. But the process of roasting was fussy and takes up allot of oven space when cooking a huge holiday feast. If like me and you do not have the luxury of a huge sized oven, then this will be a great technique to get a quicker even-cooking tur...

Article: Fresh Cranberry Relish

I simply adore the ruby red tang of cranberries. No holiday dinner would be complete without variation of cranberry sauce. Through out my childhood there were several incarnations of this glorious fruit on our Thanksgiving table. From the simplest and rather cheats version of opening a can of Ocean Spray Cranberry Jelly and plopping it on the crystal serving dish to a jiggly cranberry, carrot & orange jelly mold, to a slick of port infused cranberry sauce to more of a take on the classic Waldorf Salad of chopped cranberries, apples, celery and oranges folded into whipped cream..This recipe is...