Thanksgiving Leftovers

So much work, so much travel. Since September, I’ve been to Ireland (fam trip for editors), Dallas (Les Dames d’Escoffier annual meeting), Austin (International Foodservice Editorial Council), Denver (new business), Chicago (client meeting) and the Napa Valley (Culinary Institute of America’s Worlds of Flavor conference) and I’ve just caught up on my expense reports.

So Thanksgiving , even if I cooked it myself, was a welcome respite.

At dinner, my son David’s girlfriend Lynn, who is from Thailand, asked an endearingly funny question: Who invented Thanksgiving? Was it the turkey farmers?

After we all chuckled, I realized what a sensible query it was from a bright young woman who just earned her MBA this year. After all, doesn’t food marketing try to insert itself into America’s food traditions at every chance? [more…]