Thanksgiving...the meal where all health concerns are given a blind eye and an unofficial competition to use the most butter and heavy cream breaks out between dishes. For the past 3 years I've been handling the biggest family meal of the year in my parents' house. Besides being an excuse to continue my buzz from the night before, I enjoy being able to leave my fingerprints over this highly anticipated feast. Now there's only 5 of us total, so it's not the biggest meal you've ever seen, but no dinner has more pressure than the one on the fourth Thursday of each November. This year was no different, but I did feel more at ease when cooking this year...maybe that was just the hangover. Either way, this was the smoothest Thanksgiving yet. This year's menu consisted of a few variations on typical Thanksgiving fare, but I stayed pretty true to the classic Thanksgiving flavors. Find the rest of the pictures and dishes after the jump.
