Grub and/or victuals

We are apparently hosting some neighbors for Thanksgiving, and I was perusing the latest Bon appetit, a magazine that Tom's brother Steve had sent to us under the mistaken notion that this is how we eat. Or maybe he was implying this is how he wants to eat when he and his wife visit.

Anywho ... here is one suggested menu:

For a cocktail before dinner, they suggest a caipirinha with lime, ginger and mint to accompany piquillo pepper cheese crostini and chile-roasted almonds.

The meal itself --

Winter salad of butternut squash, endive, apples and bleu cheese
Sherry vinegar-and-molasses-glazed carrots
Standing rib roast with porcini stuffing
Irish whiskey gravy
Horseradish cream
Broccolini with pecan brown butter
(I wonder if Vince and Kristin's children will be Broccolini?)
Cheddar and chive Yorkshire puddings
Potato-mushroom gratin

All to be finished off with a simple dessert of chocolate-coffee gingerbread with hazelnut poached pears.

As I have said about other things, do not try this at home.