Southern Thanksgiving

Every November, no matter where life has taken me, my kitchen starts to smell like home.
It smells like sage. Like onions and celery going soft in butter. Like my mom Joyce standing at the counter crumbling cornbread and Ritz crackers into a bowl the size of a small bathtub, telling me the dressing is not ready until it looks like it will feed twice as many people as invited.
That is the table I grew up at in Texas. Loud, buttery, generous, a little bit chaotic, and always with room for one more chair.
Once again this year I am bringing that table to San Miguel.
On Thursday, November 26, Chef Juan Carlos Hernandez is cooking my family recipes at Moxi at Matilda. Not a version of them. Not an interpretation. The real ones, the ones written in my mom’s handwriting, the ones I have had here for the last four years. We have tasted, tweaked, discussed gently about butter, and dried sage in advance porque you cannot find it here in November. Chef has been such a gift to work with.
So here is what is going on the table:
Sparks Family Buttered Turkey, carved white and dark meat, with a citrus side salad
Mom Joyce’s Cornbread Sage Dressing
Creamy Homestyle Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Grandma’s Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes with pecan topping
Grandpa’s Green Bean Casserole with fried onions
Kat’s Cranberry Chutney
Chef’s Signature Brioche Rolls with bacon butter and cinnamon honey butter
Chef’s Pumpkin Creation to finish
The turkey and salad come plated. Everything else lands in the middle of the table, family style, so you have to pass the potatoes to a stranger and by dessert they are not a stranger anymore. That is the whole point.
Freddy Thompson will be playing live sax. Cafe de olla and Day After Sandwich Kits to go are available at the bar to go, because the leftovers sandwich on Friday morning is a sacred American tradition and I refuse to let anyone miss it.
If you are far from home this year, if your people are on the other side of a border, if you want community, if this is your first Thanksgiving as an expat and you are not sure what to do with yourself on a Thursday in November, come. Pull up a chair. We saved you one. But reserve quick, seating is limited.

Thursday, November 26
Seatings at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM, limited seating
$1,600 MXN per person, gratuity and libations not included
Prepayment required with reservation, online by credit card or in cash at the front desk
Moxi at Matilda, Aldama 53, Col. Centro, San Miguel de Allende

Reservations and inquiries through Matilda: WhatsApp +52 415 152 0811 or restaurant@hotelmatilda.com
More info at ExperienceSMA.com
Or WA me +1 425-999-6916
I will hostess both seatings to welcome you. Join us 🥰

***NOTE: if you RSVP on my website I will send your request to Matilda and they will reach out to you to confirm your reservation   Don’t worry – we will take care of you

BTW- you can request the vegetarian option 🥰

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