October 13, 2013: Turducken! Piecaken! Fantasy Football Misery!

Akemi and I set our alarm for six a.m. this morning so we could get an early start on the turducken.  According to the instructions: 4 1/2 hours at 325 degrees covered, then another 45 minutes at 375 uncovered.  Tent and let sit for half an hour, then serve! While I was setting the oven…

October 8, 2013: Celebrating in the grand American tradition! In Canada!

To the casual observer, Canadians and Americans are practically indistinguishable from one another.  I mean, sure, there are the odd physical disparities (ie. our eleventh toe, the fact that our hearts are located approximately three inches lower than that of the average American's) but, for the most part, it's very hard to pick a non-sandal-wearing…