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Some of you may already know about my dislike for the standard roast turkey, an often juice-less and/or gamey bite of bird that requires a small vat of gravy to make it palatable. Unless that turkey comes smoked, brined, deep-fried, or Judy-fied, I’ll take a roasted lamb over a roasted turkey any day, particularly the holi-days.

I say that as prelude to this: I don’t feel a ton of sympathy for vegetarians during the turkey-heavy holidays. Frankly, they’re not missing much, particularly if their families produced the same dried-out birds mine did over the years. My gaze becomes much more sympathetic, however, when I think about gravy, that savory soup of pan-drippings, thickener, seasonings, and, if you’re lucky, giblets. How you can eat mashed potatoes without that brown gold is beyond my limited imagination.

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Calling Dr. Freud. Calling Dr. Freud. We may have an Oedipal patient for you.

For other Mother’s Day suggestions, Y&H turns you to the Washingtonian’s brunch guide and Open Table’s listings.

All right, you fellow food crazies, what’d you get for the holidays? Let’s start counting the booty. I’ll start.

1. A copy of A Day at elBulli: An insight into the ideas, methods and creativity of Ferran Adria. (Thanks, love!)
2. Two used Marcella Hazan cookbooks, including the delightful Marcella Says… (Thanks, Molly, you cheapskate.)
3. A care package of coffee, scones, crumpets, jam, and muffins. (Thanks, mum!)
4. A bottle-opener magnet for the fridge (Thanks again, love! More Dogfish Head for the holidays!)
5. A gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma (which came with a broad suggestion that whatever I buy should be tied to making the gift-givers dinner). (Thanks, Stuart and Kay! I think.)
6. Pancake/cookie molds in the shape of hearts. (Thanks again, Stuart and Kay!)
7. A gift certificate to Crate and Barrel (with no strings attached this time). (Thanks a third time, Stuart and Kay!)
8. A gift certificate to Pottery Barn. (Thanks, sis!)
9. And the best gift of all: dinner with the family, with music playing in the background and no computer within 20 feet of anyone. (Thanks all!)