Hi! Thanks very much for joining me today for Sundays With Celia Vol 98. Over the years many of you have told me how much you look forward to reading Sundays With Celia along with your Sunday morning coffee. I can’t tell you how much that means to me, and for this reason I do […]
Hello and welcome to A Thanksgiving To Remember. If you caught last week’s edition of Sundays With Celia you may recall that I mentioned we won’t be celebrating Thanksgiving with my DC dwelling son and his family this year. So, I find myself getting a little nostalgic and looking back to the beautiful Thanksgiving we […]
One advantage to having grown children is that at long last, the torch has been passed to my oldest son to host Thanksgiving in his beautiful DC home. I don’t escape all the work, as he and I make a great team in the kitchen and we enjoy cooking together. But the magnificent tablescape is […]
With Thanksgiving around the corner I wanted to share a simple yet lovely Thanksgiving tablescape with you. All it takes is some empty wine bottles, a little elbow grease, and some taper candles. My husband’s choice for everyday table wine is a Kirkland brand Malbec from Costco. I’ve been saving the empty bottles for sometime […]
SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 24 Greetings and thank you for stopping into the blog today for Sundays With Celia Vol 24. I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving. We spent the week of Thanksgiving in Washington, DC, as our oldest son and his wife wanted to host their very first Thanksgiving at their home. Having done […]
HOW TO SET A LOVELY THANKSGIVING TABLE I love to set a beautiful table and take a lot of pleasure in doing so. I find this creative endeavor to be quite fulfilling, but it’s a very time consuming activity, often taking me hours. Therefore, I set my table as far ahead of time as possible […]
Happy Holidays! Christmas dinner planning is upon us so I thought I’d share another festive holiday recipe with you. It’s called Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Crumble and it’s really good, especially with turkey! I make it with my Thanksgiving dinner but I imagine many of you also prepare turkey for Christmas. If so, this is […]
Holiday greetings! I know it’s coming down to the wire but I couldn’t let another Thanksgiving go by without giving you one of my all-time favorite Thanksgiving side-dish recipes. It’s a Parsnip, Carrot and Leek Gratin that is a staple in my Thanksgiving recipe repertoire. It’s crunchy and creamy at the same time, with a […]
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