Since moving to the States, David and I have come to realize that Thanksgiving is almost a bigger deal to Americans than Christmas. For our past two years we have been spoiled by having our American Thanksgivings provided for us by our cousins Lisa and Josef (we were introduced to our first foie gras and deep fried turkey all in one day) but since moving to Laredo we have had to fend for ourselves. Neither of us wanted to try and replicate our turkey from Canadian Thanksgiving (the real one) so we decided to just have a happy fancy meal. With my ongoing love of eating weird animal parts it seemed destiny that we finally were able to find beef cheeks in a grocery store.. Our menu consisted of an amuse bouche of Eggs with Anchovy Crumbs, followed by Chilled Asparagus Soup with Creme Fraiche, then Mushroom & Shrimp Arugula Salad, and finally our Beef Cheek Ravioli. For desert we made Vanilla Bean Cheesecakes with Blackberries.http://davidandnicole.ca/2008/11/american-thanksgiving-2008 Less