While I am not a pastry chef I still need to know how to make a selection of desserts and one that I make often is the classic Apple Tart Tatin. It is a fairly easy dessert that has been around for over one hundred years. You can imagine the countless variations and interpretations that cooks have created over time, I have at least a dozen! Rumor has it that Stephanie Tatin made it by accident but the guests at her Inn liked it so much that it became their signature dessert. Tart Tatin also became a fixture on the menu at Maxim’s of Paris, that was quite a successful mistake.

As a holiday, Thanksgiving has everything going for it! The weather in between all the rain is decent and the brightly coloured leaves still cling to the trees, beautiful. There’s a long weekend full of time spent with family and catching up with friends and of course my favourite part is all the great food.

I know we have all had the amazing Thanksgiving turkeys at Aunt Lucy and Uncle Jack’s house and it has been a fantastic day for the whole family. What about the times when there were just a few of us celebrating thanksgiving together and we ended up with way to many leftovers?

You either love them or hate them right?

Everyone wants to know what to do with their leftovers for lunch or a light supper the day after Thanksgiving. In fact, I had so many people ask that I decided to use the topic for a Lunch and Learn cooking class.