This year's thanksgiving spread

We had a smaller group this year so the preparations somehow seemed easier (which doesn't make much sense at all).

This year's spread:

• roasted turkey
• stuffing (bread, leeks, mushrooms, carrots, celery, thyme, celery, sage, roasted-chicken stock)
• mashed potatoes
• sweet potatoes (cooked in their own liquid in the pan, a la Cooks Illustrated).
• green beans (roasted a la Cooks Illustrated then topped with shaved almonds to reheat)
• green salad (nüssli, cranberries, walnuts)
• chopped salad (raddicchio, spitzkohl, carrots, minced onion, cress)
• bread
• pumpkin soup with chestnuts
• a chocolate and pecan cake brought by guests
  

For the appetizers:

• the usual spiced almonds
• a few varieties of olives
• beets: baked in foil then peeled, diced, and tossed with chopped walnut, rosemary, rapeseed oil, balsamico, salt, and white pepper.
• salami and möstbrockli.

way too much was eaten. :-)