GWSmith

Ok, just one more photo using flash photography to show the arrangement in more detail....

And the smaller dinning room surrounded by glass...

I wanted to share more photos with you all.............this home is very fine indeed and there were 22 of us ! Our hosts have done a great job with the tables as always every year... FINE Waterford crystal throughout! This one is the MAIN table with my sister's arrangement...

I wrapped that saute pan in TWO bath towels, as it was going to be about an hour and a half before it got served across town later.... BUT, shown here, we arrived at the dinner, and I could not help sharing a photo of my sister who is a professional flower arranger. She did these up for the TWO luxuriously set dinning tables.... So, here's SIS with the arrangements to Thanksgiving 2012 [Y]

Add in the chopped parsley....

Now, the cheese seen here, goes into the grand scheme []

Oh..........the ENDLESS stirring and folding in of those 6 cups are shown here... Also, a balance of more veggie stock was added for the final simmer...

Spoon in the veggie stock a laddle at a time....

This photo shows the rice going into the pan......... SIX CUPS of it !!!

Meanwhile back at my workstation, the rice is readied for use....

........... a little more adjustment

........add some dry sherry.....

Some nice organic broad leaf parsley, ALWAYS on hand, and about to be chopped...

A bit more XVOO into the mix of things....

Now, the mushrooms go into the mix....

In to the saute pan it goes...

Some fresh thyme ready for fine chopping...

..........and, the saute' of onions etc. in XVOO [Y]

The cheese is grated and now ready to go in at the end of the saute...

Here, Chris is prepping the red onion and shellots...

Enter the cheese grating...

In this photo, they are all chopped up and ready to hand over.... well, almost, got two more to go.... []

Chris decided to handle the cooking this season, (me doing prep) and wanted to do up a large batch of exotic mushroom risoto........so, here goes... Shown here are the packages on my bamboo cutting surface...

Hello there fellow foodies! Well, today was the annual trek to a fine home filled with musicians and faculty from a few note worthy colleges here in the NorthEast... But, lets start with our contribution to this very fine potluck Thanksgiving dinner... I didn't get the compositional photos of Chris' creamed onion dish, but here is a photo of the finished product just before packing off...

Very nice photo Rick, you SURELY have had a great time on that little Screaming Eagle Sporty! Love the Air Museum. We have one not far from here too! It is on the grounds of Bradley International Airport, I need to go there and make a good part of the day (motorcycle trip!) of it and share some photos as well... Thanks again Rick for the link [] ..........Gary PS. I love the red ribbons on that evergreen! [Y]