This weekend we went to Minneapolis to celebrate Febgiving (the celebration of Thanksgiving in February, natch). We ate like royalty all weekend between Friday night pizza with Kate (amazing photographer and food blogger) and her husband Kyle and the feast itself on Saturday afternoon (photos of last year’s event here). Friday night the wine was flowing and the pizzas were amazing:
1. San marzano, fresh mozzarella, sautéed mushroom and truffle oil
2.Cambazola, prosciutto and pear
3. Roasted butternut squash, asparagus, goat cheese and garlic oil
Kate and Kyle have a pizza night every Friday night so they make a sourdough pizza dough from scratch every week, using a recipe from Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in 5 Minutes a Day. (Wordy, but, delicious recipe after the jump!)
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You wouldn’t be alone in thinking we’d gone nuts for taking a weekend getaway trip to Minneapolis in February. As we boarded the plane, cranky toddler in tow, Tim and I looked at each other, like, what happened to our beach vacation!?!?
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At our Febgiving, the conversation after dessert turned to a debate about the merits of cake vs pie. It all started when Stephanie cheekily posed the question “would you rather go to a pie heaven (where they only serve pie) or cake heaven (where they only serve cake)?” Let me tell you, the debate got intense and heated very very quickly. I am a pie heaven person beyond the shadow of a doubt. Jezebel has been running a March Madness playoff between Cake and Pie and it will be interesting to see who wins. I’m rooting for pie, how about you?
Our friends Jim and Becca created the Feburary holiday of Febgiving and this year Tim and I decided to get into the act ourselves. Tim designed an awesome invite and on Saturday we hosted 25 friends and seven babies for a turkey feast! Everyone brought a side dish, dessert or cheese. The table groaned under the weight of such deliciousness.
The feast in progress! I’m obsessed with Whole Foods brand Italian sparkling water. Tastes amazing and costs $1.29 a bottle.
The table setting with red parrot tulips from the corner bodega, Marta glasses ($1.50-2.50 from CB2) and our silver, bought at auction. This vase was re-purposed from this experiment. I also used some of these vases from Jamali Garden Supply and mini daffodil plants.
We tucked fortune fish (left over from our wedding) into each napkin. Everyone had fun with them.
A delicious looking plate.
A room full of happy babies. Alex was so happy to share his toys with all the little people.
Tim and Alex toast the Febgiving crowd.
Thanks to Katherine and Joanna for the lovely photos!
