Family, friends, turkey. It’s all happening in one week on Thanksgiving day. I’ll hop in the car on Wednesday and be home for the festivities; it’s the one major holiday of which I can spend the whole day at home.
And it’s an important one because this is also the holiday which features the Thanksgiving Day Bake-Off. Very important. Critical. Crucial. This is serious stuff, dudes.
This year will mark – gosh – the seventh annual bake-off? [We took a year off last year because Connor was in Ghana. A good enough excuse, I suppose.] This year we’re back. The theme? A dessert from another country.
Game on. However, there may be some contestants who have a leg up in this competition. Connor, a student at Roosevelt in Chicago, is bringing home some international friends from Brazil this Thanksgiving. They’ll be joining our family in celebrating and will also be entering desserts. Connor says they’ve been practicing. Oh, dear. Competition is stiff this year. Stiff.
I know what I’m going to make. I know that it has to travel well, as mine will have to be made here before I travel home. Also know that my dessert will nod to the other holiday celebrated this Thanksgiving – a holiday celebrated by our Jewish friends. It will also be delicious. That’s a guarantee.
Who will get their name on the coveted Thanksgiving Bake-Off apron? Goodness, the anticipation! I’ll keep you posted.
[Just as a slight aside: I love this shit. I love crazy, random traditions. I was ready to facebook Connor and call it off this year; I don’t have a whole lot of extra time in the coming week. But, no. It’s a tradition and it’s fun and a little bit crazy. My grandma will unpack the apron and hang it on display. We’ll make it a big to-do and it’s fun. Love it. You can bet that when/if I have a family of my own, our holidays will be filled with crazy, random shit like this. Like this – Dinovember. Those parents are my heros.]
there's no place like gnome. 
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