Congrats to lucky winner – Amy! Earlier this year I’d reviewed a wonderful novel by Erica Bauermeister called The School of Essential Ingredients which follows the lives of eight students who gather in Lillian’s Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear, however, that each one seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. I found this story to be “lyrical, magical and poignant” and it made me hungry for the flavorful dishes concocted through the length of the novel! That’s why I was happy to accept when Erica got in touch with regarding doing a Thanksgiving recipe post and a giveaway of this book exclusively for readers of this book! But first a little background : Inundated with requests from readers for the recipes mentioned in the book, Erica has spent the last six months putting them up as guest posts on blogs once a month or so, then compiling them on her website (under the tab called “Side Dishes”). She had one in mind for November, featuring t