getting ready for the new year

(photo of chicken with za'atar baked by Marion from my recipe and appearing in today's Globe online)

Rosh Hashanah begins on Friday evening.  I am hosting the  Friday night meal.  Here is the menu:

Before Dinner:

Round Challah (Charlie bakes the bread from this fascinating book)

Apples (from Dowse Orchard in Sherborn) and Honey (from Land's Sake in Weston)

Dinner:

Chicken with Za'atar (Check out the recipe here -  my friend Marion just started a Kosher chicken cooperative and it was written up in the Boston Globe today.  And she told them about my chicken recipe and now it is up on the Globe's website!  And it says I'm a artist. I'm an artist, people!  It's officially in print.)

Tsimmes 

Roasted Broccoli

After Dinner:

Honey Cake

Homemade Apple Ice Cream

I just took the honey cake out of the oven and seriously the house smells amazing right now.  I'm drooling a bit. 

And I'm sewing a wading bird this morning (and trying to get drool on it). I submitted the drafts of the tools, materials and techniques part of the book to my editor. The manuscript is growing and growing. And the top of the dresser is full of birds. Time to find some more storage space.

Also, have you checked out my sister's blog?  She takes beautiful photos and she is a very ambitous cook.  Take a look at these homemade s'mores!