Strike a match and light the menorah for a very special Hanukkah celebration! Happy Hanukkah friends! I've added a festive recipe to the blog for Glitter Ball Cookies that @marthastewart taught me!

May all of the eight days of the festival of lights be full of deliciousness and friendship! 🕎

It’s not a small task to make a succulently juicy and delicious turkey and most of us don’t get to practice the process more than once or twice a year. In this episode of Flaweless TV, I reveal everything I’ve learned from my mother, the incredible restaurant chef’s I’ve worked with and my own experience attempting to master the big bird feast. This is a culmination recipe for turkey that, year after year, guests exclaim“This is the best turkey I’ve ever had!”.

It starts with real pumpkins and believe me, the extra time it takes to roast them is definitely worth it! My secret to sensational pumpkin pie, in addition to using REAL pumpkins, is to follow the recipe on the back of the Libby's canned pumpkin can! How Ironic is that!?! 🥫🎃! Grab two sugar pumpkins and lets get baking! The preparation of this recipe can be thought of in three steps:

1. Roast the pumpkins

2. Make the pie crust

3. Make the pie filling

To host an unforgettable and incredible (aka Flaweless) dinner party, all you need is a desire to connect with people. It’s October, so this how-to is in theme with Autumn and things spooky but these steps can be applied to any dinner party, in any season.

This may be the most well received dish I’ve ever served. In fact, I made it for the first time as an appetizer at Thanksgiving about 15 years ago and it’s now a most important tradition at my table.

On September 11, 2001 a plane flew by my window at 8:46am and crashed into the north twin tower. I wrote this poem a few days later and was not ready to share it until recently.