melissa schilling

Burlesque Dinner Theatre

Often times, I become fixated on a meshing of ideas. For the last two years I have been organizing costume dinners focused on Burlesque. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of my friends for playing along with me on this themed adventure. I hope you are having as much fun as I am, cooking and laughing.

In 2010 we did a Burlesque Thanksgiving, here is the turkey recipe:

Ingredients
* 1/2 cup(s) dried lavender
* 1 tablespoon(s) salt
* 1 tablespoon(s) fennel seeds
* 1 tablespoon(s) dried thyme
* 2 teaspoon(s) white peppercorns
* 4 tablespoon(s) olive oil
* 1 (15-pound) turkey

Directions
1. Pulse lavender, salt, seeds, thyme, and peppercorns into a spice grinder until mixture is fine but not powdery, about 6 pulses.
2. Rub olive oil over and under skin of turkey. Repeat with 6 tablespoons herb rub.