It’s almost Thanksgiving! Hopefully as you read this I’m on my way to Knoxville for a few days at my parents house. I spent several nights and all weekend getting my desserts ready for the big day. Hopefully they survive the three hour drive from Nashville.

I can’t wait for Thanksgiving! We had a great Thanksgiving last year in New Hampshire with my sister but this year we’re having a huge dinner with about 15 members of my family in Knoxville. I’m in charge of desserts of course

A few months ago I chose Leftovers by British author Stella Newman as the choice for book club. I was really excited to read another one her novels. I hope to get book club back soon. I want to wait and see how I cope with the baby first!

I had high hopes for the new Fat Witch Bake Sale book. The brownie book was one of the first I bought after I started blogging. The Shortbread Brownies I made from the book were the first photo that was accepted to foodgawker.

I made this coffee cake from the new Ovenly cookbook. Every time I went to NYC I never had the time to go to Brooklyn and this happens to be where some of the best bakeries are. After reading this cookbook I’m really bummed that I never made it to Ovenly. I only made a few trips to NYC when we lived in Connecticut and in all my intensive bakery research never came across Ovenly.