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Flashing back to a first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with Anya von Bremzen
Cookbook author Anya von Bremzen flashbacks to her first Thanksgiving celebrated in Philadelphia after she and her mother immigrated, leaving the rest of her family behind in Russia.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readCookbook author Anya von Bremzen flashbacks to her first Thanksgiving celebrated in Philadelphia after she and her mother immigrated, leaving the rest of her family behind in Russia. It was 1974 and they arrived as refugees with $200 and two suitcases. Arriving in October, their sponsors invited them for a classic meal with a massive turkey, stuffing from a box, cranberry jelly, marshmallow sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. The dishes were sweet to her palate, and she recalls feeling homesick and alienated. The following year, her mother had a hand at hosting dinner and invited Russian immigrants. They carried the heavy turkey home which her mother didn’t realize she had to defrost before putting in the oven.
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Thanksgiving FAQs, vegan sides, first celebrations, French turkeys- 0:00Remembering first Thanksgiving tastes of green beans with fried onion
- 4:00Control freak how to’s for delegating tasks on Thanksgiving
- 6:47Getting the party started with jollof rice
- 8:45Bringing Korean vegan dishes to the Thanksgiving table
- 14:22In the battle of potato salad, Bryant Terry’s vegan version wins hands down
- 17:25Substituting turkey with cauliflower, mushrooms, cabbage
- 25:23Encountering one Thanksgiving’s biggest greens for the first time
- 27:33Looking for little effort to serve pescatarians, prepare a whole boneless fish
- 30:24French lessons learned for roasting a Thanksgiving turkey
- 32:59Using fish sauce with a Thanksgiving turkey
- 36:58Cutting through the richness with acid and some greens
- 42:19Flashing back to a first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with Anya von BremzenYou’re reading this
- 46:34Can heirloom apples be used in Thanksgiving pie?
The full episode
12 of 13Thanksgiving FAQs, vegan sides, first celebrations, French turkeys- 0:00Remembering first Thanksgiving tastes of green beans with fried onion
- 4:00Control freak how to’s for delegating tasks on Thanksgiving
- 6:47Getting the party started with jollof rice
- 8:45Bringing Korean vegan dishes to the Thanksgiving table
- 14:22In the battle of potato salad, Bryant Terry’s vegan version wins hands down
- 17:25Substituting turkey with cauliflower, mushrooms, cabbage
- 25:23Encountering one Thanksgiving’s biggest greens for the first time
- 27:33Looking for little effort to serve pescatarians, prepare a whole boneless fish
- 30:24French lessons learned for roasting a Thanksgiving turkey
- 32:59Using fish sauce with a Thanksgiving turkey
- 36:58Cutting through the richness with acid and some greens
- 42:19Flashing back to a first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with Anya von BremzenYou’re reading this
- 46:34Can heirloom apples be used in Thanksgiving pie?