Rice and Chocolate

my fake smile: "enough with the pictures, let's eat"

On Sunday night we attended Caroline's 8th Annual Thanksgiving Feast. I pretty much go just so i can have sticky rice stuffing (oh and to spend time with friends and give thanks for the good stuff in our lives--I always forget that part). I love sticky rice. Here is a picture, but be warned, it is 100 times more yummy than it looks here. I know Caroline is a great cook and her turkey is always great, but all I want is sticky rice!
Caroline outdid herself with the turkey, stuffings, mashed potatoes, and roasted corn salad. Her guests brought appetizers, a tofurkey, 2 types of mac and cheese, and the obligatory green bean casserole. For desserts, this year there were two outstanding additions that I have chosen to highlight based on creativity and the curiousity level they elicited:

1. "AMERICA": A pastry concoction made with a choclate chip cookie crust, with a layer of fudge brownies, a layer of devil food's cake, a layer of cinnamon rolls, and topped with a crumble and all baked together. The creators told me it is called America because of its all American ingredients. I say it called America because it is a good snapshot of our diets. It was intertesting, a bit too much for me, but it was quite the hit with the guests. but the superstar of the desserts this year was:

2. The Chocolate Fountain. Not only was it tasty, but everyone had fun posing with it and dunking all kinds of food into it. Yummy and fun--a great combination!


The Thanksgiving feast is getting harder and harder to top. What food item will be the superstar next year? --besides the sticky rice.