Housewarming

The idea of a housewarming is so beautiful to me.

Moving--not so much.

But the housewarming makes it all worth it. After you're settled, you invite your neighbors and friends over, and you lay claim to your space by throwing it a party. Moving hasn't really felt complete as of yet (maybe that has more to do with eating off of milk crates for two months), but I feel that once we have the housewarming, everything will be settled and broken in.

I'm all about seasonal eating, like a grizzly bear (if I could get away with it I'd hibernate all winter, too). So, the housewarming has an autumn theme.

It's pretty easy to get into autumn around here. There's a day where the summer humidity is just not there anymore (this year it was in August--don't get me started). The leaves take their time changing colors, and it gets pretty brilliant, with oranges, peaches, reds, and yellows, still mixed in with the occasional green tree or bluish conifer. The temperature fluctuates between the upper 30s and the low 70s for a while, snow, rain, wind, and sunshine.

Enjoy those days while you can, New England. Subzero 2010 is not far off.

With Thanksgiving a week away, what can a girl make for a tea party that everyone isn't going to eat a few days later?