Happy Tuesday, my doves. If you live in the U.S. you're probably daydreaming of turkey and pie today. I'll be hosting about eleven people this year and I'm busy cleaning and doing prep for the big feast this week. So I figured we were long past due for a …

What's Cookin' With Jaye!

Below is the menu for the big Thanksgiving meal this year. My mom and I are dividing the duties so I've starred the things I'm making. I've linked to recipes where I have them.

Appetizers

Cheese Tray and crackers

*Homemade chili pepper jam

*Pumpkin dip and ginger snaps

Main Event

Turkey Two ways–One brined and baked; the other fried (yes we have a fire extinguisher)

Stuffing

*Sweet potato casserole

*Cranberry Relish

*Steamed Broccoli

Mango Mousse (grandma's secret recipe)

Homemade yeast rolls

Desserts

Pumpkin pie

*Chocolate Torte

That's the whole shebang. We're expecting about 11 people total–a small group by normal standards. As I posted this I realized how Southern it probably seems to a lot of you, which I guess isn't a surprise since it's a combination of my Louisianan and Mr. Jaye's South Carolinian traditions with a couple touches from Ohio contingents in the family. Which got me wondering, what traditional dishes do other people demand? Share your favorite dishes in comments and maybe we can get a regional smackdown going.

Non-sequitur: It occurred to me after my last post that I forgot to share some news with you guys. I recently learned that GREEN-EYED DEMON was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award in the Best Urban Fantasy Protagonist category. I'm super excited since this is my first RT nomination. Winners will be announced in April in Chicago. Since many of my friends/colleagues were also nominated it should be an awesome RT convention next year. Here's a complete list of nominations.

Also? Romantic Times also posted it's review for SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL. Not only did they give it 4.5 stars, but they also named it a Top Pick!

Half-mage/half-vampire Sabina Kane has learned to roll with the punches, but there may be a limit to what she can endure. Wells' world is gritty and deadly, but the tension is eased by the wise-ass musings of Sabina's demon minion Giguhl. Rising star Wells keeps the pressure on her protagonists as she throws curve balls at her characters.

Sabina managed to destroy the previous vampire leader (aka her grandmother) and prevent a mage/vampire war, but the cost was high. Sabina's twin sister Maisie is still recovering mentally and physically from her captivity in New Orleans. And back in New York City with the treaty signing in the delicate final stages, Sabina and her mage lover Adam Lazarus are ordered to investigate several brutal murders, ostensibly committed by vampires. Is there a serial killer on the loose or is this a ploy to derail the treaty? As Sabina hunts for the truth, where it leads could change everything. (ORBIT, Jan., 432 pp., $7.99)

Reviewed By: Jill M. Smith

SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL comes out in little more than a month, so this review was a huge relief. I'm so excited about this book. It's a major, major turning point in the series and there are lots of shocks in store for Sabina and the gang. I cannot wait for you guys to read it.