As you are thinking about all the things you need for your Thursday big meal, take some time off and enjoy good food prepared by someone else at the Charlotte Senior Center.
Monday Munch
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Lasagna, Salad, Dessert
Keep in mind that this meal is brought to you by community volunteers taking time off from their own holiday meal planning.
The day after Election Day, the New York Times offered political analysis and then, signaling new concerns, "The Best Vegetarian Thanksgiving Looks As Good As It Tastes," positioning an ornate ombré gratin as the centerpiece, a dish taking three hours to produce. Small wonder the editor calls it "theatrical."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/dining/best-vegetarian-thanksgiving-recipes.html
Twenty-one newspaper staff contributed recipes for favorite side dishes, ranging from macaroni and cheese to smokey mushrooms with pomegranate sauce, ginger beer-glazed butternut squash with greens, three variations of Brussels Sprouts, and three kinds of pie: Cranberry Curd, Bourbon Pecan, and Brandied Pumpkin.
The Washington Post newsletter Book World speculates that "Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choices" is sure to make the Diagram List for Oddest Book Title of the Year. It makes my list of a fun read for pointing out that "Stressed spelled backwards is desserts," which leads to the Old Farmers Almanac pronouncement that November is Banana Pudding Lover's Month. Go figure. Surely, we can doubt it will replace pumpkin, with or without the bourbon.
Whatever you choose for your side dishes, be sure to dial up Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant":
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
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