Our Christmas menu has changed through the years, as have the tablecloths my mum chooses to lay our festive table, the arrangement of the furniture in my parents’ living room, and my sister’s hairstyle.
Always different, but undoubtedly recognizable and familiar, our celebratory lunch as a family always happened on Christmas Day.
A Changing Spread
Appetizers
Appetizers came and went, following the decade’s fashion, our variable tastes, and our moods. Chicken liver spread has shared the table with smoked salmon canapés, and the spectacular and time-consuming chicken galantine has often stolen the attention from a more unassuming Pecorino cheese board with onion jam.
