I'm not one for changing things around on Thanksgiving. I like our family traditions. But a few recipes caught my eye as I was going through the glossies, including this one from Gourmet for Creamed Leeks. "Put a spin on creamed onions this holiday by using an ingredient from the same family instead. Not only do these leeks bake into something extraordinary, they get you out of the time-consuming task of peeling all those tiny pearl onions."
Posted on November 14, 2006
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