It was Thanksgiving Day in the United States yesterday. We were invited to celebrate with friends at their lake house outside of Austin. We met up with a couple other families and it was nice and cozy. It was the first time our family has had turkey on Thanksgiving. Previous years we have had Thanksgiving alone and have made duck or duck confit. One year we made quail and another year spatchcock. Birds on a smaller scale (although tonight we will cook turkey for dinner as I plan on mastering my turkey chili dish with the leftovers). For dessert this year I made a linzer torte (recipe courtesy of Joy of Baking), a tarte au poires frangipane and a tarte tatin (not pictured). A bit of a french twist to our Thanksgiving. I was hoping my oval shaped muffin pans I ordered from overseas would be here so I could bake friands, but looks like that recipe will have to wait for Christmas. But true to the occasion there were pecan slices, pumpkin pie, pumpkin layered cake with cream cheese filling, apple pies, apple cranberry crumble and more!