Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2016

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2016-11-17_cmi-kapnos-thanksgiving_0555_wide-2edf6f9046c024dc907b0ee3ec9a299c612781e9-s500-c85We have appreciated the salt, a feature of National Public Radio (USA) since we started this platform. Even more so at a time of the year when food, and its significance to culture, is so strong in one part of the world. Their stories are not strictly about the taste pleasures of food, usually; more about the many other pleasures food can provide. So today, which is Thanksgiving Day in the USA, we are particularly grateful for their contributions:

At Thanksgiving, If You Take Sides, Make Sure They’re As Tasty As These

Chef Mike Isabella, a renowned restaurateur, has devised some delectable spinoffs of traditional turkey accompaniments, while staying true to classic roots. Continue reading →

Replete With Thankfulness

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This morning at 8am, India Standard Time, our Thanksgiving turkey arrived at our flat. With a little help from friends it was surprisingly easy to come by. Unlike chickens, which can be seen running around every yard or patch of untended land, or ducks, which are pretty ubiquitous in Kerala’s watery byways, turkeys are just not that common here in India. So when I saw a few milling around someone’s yard while Milo and I were kayaking on the backwaters some time back I just had to ask our friend (who happens to own the neighboring property) to see if they might sell one to me.  The rest is history, as they say. Continue reading →