When I claimed thanksgiving for my own, I wanted to create a tradition for this new configuration of family, one for grown-ups and kids alike.  So I came up with the Thankful Tree.  My mom drew a big tree, complete with falling leaves and acorns and a bunny rabbit at the base, on a piece [...]

I’m going to go all Southern on you again with this delicious, old-fashioned, homey dessert perfect for the autumn table.  I’m not, however, going to get into a discussion on what exactly a cobbler is – biscuit top, crumble top, pastry top, whatever.  This is how I make cobbler, and that’s good enough for me. [...]

For most of my childhood, we spent Thanksgiving with my family in Arkansas.  It was always a big, loud, boisterous gathering of family we didn’t see nearly enough.  For many of these years, my brother and I were the oldest of the kids, so we got to sit at the grown-up table, which made us [...]