here's our christmas tree, made of rosemary and from TJ's. best thing about winter? fire! in a stove. not in an oven. more on that later...

we made a pecan cranberry tart to take up to acl's for christmas


oh and that's one of my christmas presents: a smartwool shirt (quite awesome)

at acl's: the beginning of our squash gratin. how could erin cut such perfectly uniform slices of butternut squash? with a brand new Bron mandoline, that's how! also requires cleaning (below).
