I hope your holiday season is going well. I’ll be getting back to more posting after the New Year, but I wanted to quickly post about the Winter Wine Festival being held at Renault Winery in Egg Harbor City on January 14. Eight wineries will be tasting their latest vintages.
On Thursday, December 1, many of the fabulous, independent restaurants in South Jersey will be participating in Dine out for Autism Speaks. Each participating restaurant will donate 20% of their total food revenue for the day to the Delaware Valley chapter of Autism Speaks.
When I take a look at the list of participating restaurants, it’s no surprise to see many of them on there. I know that many of these restaurants are the ones that support our local food producers, help to raise funds for food banks, and probably also donate their time, money and resources to other local charities. If you choose to dine out at one of these restaurants Thursday night, you’ll not only be raising funds for autism, you’ll also be supporting the restaurants that truly get involved with and support their communities.
You’ll also be giving a show of support to a couple of South Jersey’s faithful local foodies and bloggers, John and Lisa of Eating in South Jersey. John wrote about the event last week and shared with readers why this event is personally important to his family.
Not a photo of my casserole, but it looks a lot like it.
This is one of my favorite dishes on Thanksgiving. It’s like having dessert with your dinner. I already have the sweet potatoes cooked and mashed and stored in the freezer, and I’ll put the entire casserole together and cook it on Wednesday. On Thursday, when the turkey comes out of the oven, I’ll pop it in there to reheat it, and by the time the turkey has rested and been carved, the sweet potato casserole will be hot.
Image: Meal Makeover Moms
