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Don’t stress! Local businesses can help with Thanksgiving dinner

November 13, 2014 | Melissa Rowland Whisnant | Around Town
Don’t stress! Local businesses can help with Thanksgiving dinner

Whether you’re cooking for one or for 30, kick up your feet and let the pros handle some (or all) of the Thanksgiving meal.

DESSERTS

Amelia’s on the Avenue (in Sironia)

Cakes $35  |  Pies $25

Amelia’s has their usual variety of delicious baked goods, but the owners particularly recommend the Pumpkin Cake with whip cream & cream cheese icing, topped with hot caramel & heath bits.

Accepting orders until the baking schedule fills up—order soon!

Café Homestead

Homemade pies with local ingredients! Offerings include: pumpkin praline torte, pumpkin pie, apple crumble pie, and carrot cake. They particularly recommend the pumpkin pecan pie with pecan crumble topping.

Order by November 22nd.

Lula Jane’s

Cakes $25-$50  |  Pies $22-$30   |   Buttermilk Biscuits $15/dozen

Check out all the offerings here. The Pumpkin Streusel and Maple Pumpkin Pie are particularly unique. Can’t decide? Get each guest a $5 personal mini pie!

Accepting orders until the baking schedule fills up—order soon!

 

LOCAL PECANS

Baked in pie or crumbled over yams, it’s not Thanksgiving without pecans!

Russell's Pecan Orchards and Fine Candies

100 acres of pecans, since 1900. Inshell, cracked, shelled pecans. Over 250 chocolate covered nuts and candies. Sugar free also. Frosted and roasted pecans, mixes, preserves, jams, pie in the jar, new crop almonds, peanuts and walnuts. Gift baskets, brittles.

 

THE WHOLE SHABANG

Want to watch A Christmas Story for the twelfth time in a row? Let these guys do all cooking!

Vitek’s

Bring your own turkey or ham to be smoked for $2/lb, or purchase a smoked turkey for around $45. Vitek's sides are also available: dressing & gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, rolls, mashed potatoes, roasted cabbage, and more.

George’s

Dinner Package $9.95/person   |   Family Meal for 8-10 people $89   |   A La Carte

Check out the menu here. Choice of baked ham or mesquite smoked turkey breast. A la carte sides by the quart or gallon. Offerings include: cornbread dressing, giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, yams, cranberry sauce, and signature George’s rolls.

Order by 5pm November 24th.

Secret Chef

Pies, cakes, meats, sides, bread, and salads—they have it all! The spirited cranberry sauce, scalloped potatoes, and corn casserole look particularly unique.

Order by 10am November 25th.

 

One More Bite….  If you need to move around after stuffing your face, take the family to The Fair at Homestead Heritage, November 28-30th. Pay for parking and admission is free. Milk a cow, lend a hand at the old-fashioned timber frame barn raising and watch a master craftsman fashion a fine Windsor chair. Sample unique fall-inspired food and multicultural fare while watching demonstrations of sheepdog work, horse farming, pottery making, blacksmithing, woodworking, quilting, weaving, spinning, basketry, boot making, cheese making, etc.