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Thanksgiving 2016 Menu: Feast from the East

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If you've been reading my blog, for even a little while, you probably have the sense that I don't really adhere to any culinary traditions for holidays. I can't remember the last time we've had turkey on our Thanksgiving table. 

This was the menu I created for Thanksgiving 2016...dishes with Asian flair. Yum. 

Recipes and tasting notes will be posting shortly and be linked below. You'll just need to click on the dish title below.


I.
Paired with Bonny Doon Vin Gris de Cigare

II.
Paired with Bonny Doon The Heart Has Its Rieslings

III.
Osso Buco with Orange-Ginger Gravy & Cranberry Gremolata
Sticky Rice Stuffing with Shiitakes & Chestnuts
Masala Lamb Shanks
Paired with Bonny Doon GCSM

IV.
Sesame Panna Cotta
Paired with Randall Grahm’s Pacific Rim Riesling Vin de Glaciere
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