Countdown to Thanksgiving

Day 6: What else goes on your table? When we were growing up, our holiday dinners always started with fruit cocktail, and there was always a relish tray with celery, black and green olives, and pickles on the table. My husband’s family always starts with antipasto (his grandmother’s delicious pickled pepper recipe and Italian cold cuts), then moves on to pasta (this year it’s Del’s stuffed shells), then the turkey dinner. It’s funny how people fall into patterns: My husband and one of my sons pass on the pasta, or do a very small serving to save room for the turkey; my brother-in-law and another of my sons do more pasta and only a token amount of turkey dinner. I love that there is enough variety to make everyone thankful for Thanksgiving dinner.