Robert's Updates: November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

This year Laura and I were lucky to celebrate the holiday with her family and my younger brother, David. There was so much food that nobody went to bed hungry. In fact, I think most people woke up full the next day. On the menu this year was mashed potatoes and broccoli and rice casserole prepared by Laura's mom. Laura made green been casserole, stuffing, and macaroni and cheese. David made the gravy from the turkey drippings. And I made the bacon wrapped turkey, sweet potato souffle, garlic rolls, and chocolate lava cakes. I also took it upon myself to make sure all of the beer was cold.

We played some board games and watched a few football games on TV. All in all we had a wonderful time!

Here are a few pictures from the day.

From Thanksgiving 2010

Bacon wrapped turkey before it gets in the oven

From Thanksgiving 2010

Artsy picture of the bacon weave resting on the turkey.

From Thanksgiving 2010

Turkey fresh out of the oven. While the turkey cooked, I would periodically baste it with maple syrup. This gave the bacon and skin a delicious sweet flavor, and also made the gravy turn out fantastic!

The Thanksgiving spread showing some great depth of field and amazing bokeh (look it up) in the background. The Christmas tree was put up a few weeks ago.

David's plate, correction, his first plate of food.

People playing games. It may not look like it, but they are having fun.

David wondering with the chocolate chip cookies will be done.

Chocolate lava cake with ice cream. These were very easy to make and super delicious!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Disney World 2010

Sorry for the long time since my last post. Things have been pretty busy, and I have been pretty lazy. Perfect Storm. So a few weeks ago Laura and I went down to disney world for an extended weekend. There we participated in the annual Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. This event was fantastic! They had a bunch of different food/drink stations set up throughout the park offering small (and expensive) samples of different regional fare.

My favorite thing we did during the vacation was the Party for the Senses. This was the best buffet I have ever been to. There were about 20 stations offering a wide range of dishes from rack of lamb (our favorites), to duck tacos, to pork belly, to scallops, to rabbit, to pork cheek, to lamb meatballs, to Chilean sea bass and more!. Each station had a different wine or beer to test as well. Needless to say Laura and I got our money's worth. We will definitely do this event again in the future!

Here are some pictures from the Food and Wine Festival.