date:Oct 17, 2019
Sometimes when you're at the dinner table, it feels like you're under siege.
First comes a battalion of bread sticks. A brisket leaps into the breach. Then, the mashed potatoes are coming! The mashed potatoes are coming!
The main course arrives a ham or roast or turkey flanked by cranberries and gravy and a constellation of carrots, cauliflower and corn.
Mercy, your belly pleads.
And finally, your aunt appears in the doorway resplendent in a gravy-smeared apron. She bears the piece de resis