There. Will. Be. Food.

Christmas Breakfast

Mimosas

Jewish Apple Bread

Ham and Cheese Croissant Rolls

Mafoo’s Scrambled Eggs

Christmas Dinner

Crab-stuffed mushrooms with Gruyere

Cheese plate – Gorgonzola, Garlic crusted Goat, Roquefort

Crackers

Goofy Rolls – my Great Grandmother’s recipe from Nova Scotia

Cilantro Herb Stuffing – apples, sausage, garlic, and fennel

Carmelized Carrots – hazlenut sage glaze

Potatoes Au Gratin

Sweet Potato Casserole – (NONE of that marshmallow shit either, mine has eggs, brown sugar and pecans)

Roasted Squashes with Rosemary

Sauteed Kale

Cranberry Sauce- whole berry

Roasted Cornish Game Hens (in an sweet garlic apricot glaze)

Christmas Dessert

Apple Pie (simple, but my apple pie is EPIC, and usually involves a slew of profanities when I roll out my crust)

Cinnamon Glass Cookies

Sherry Cake – Matt’s mother’s recipe

Beer – choosing tomorrow

Egg Nog – very spiked

Friends,

I’ve been remiss in updating you all on some amazing concerts coming up, many of which are FREE, and most of which I at least have access to comps or discounted tickets, never hesitate to ask me. For what it’s worth, if you have family in town, the Guggenheim show is perfect for family and children, and is my favorite holiday concert, and I do a lot of them!  I’ve heard from many friends that within minutes all the holiday woes and stresses melt away.

December 9
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians, Triple Quartet
Axiom Ensemble
Jeff Millarsky
8pm Alice Tully Hall, FREE

December 12
Handel: Messiah
Trinity Wall St
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
3:00 pm
Tickets

December 13
Handel: Messiah
Trinity Wall St
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
7:30 pm
Tickets

December 14
Composers Ensemble: Fancy That
Music of Dmitri Tymoczko and Paul Lansky
Princeton University Department of Music
Taplin Auditorium
8:00 pm FREE

December 15
Clarion Music Ensemble
Steven Fox, director
A Bach Christmas
Selections from The Christmas Oratorio, and Cantatas 16 and 133
8:00pm
Tickets

December 19
Vox Christmas Spectacular
Vox Vocal Ensemble
Grahm Ashton Brass Ensemble
George Steel, director
Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright Rotunda
6:30 pm
FREE

December 20
Vox Christmas Spectacular
Vox Vocal Ensemble
Grahm Ashton Brass Ensemble
George Steel, director
Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright Rotunda
6:30 pm
FREE