We spent a day prowling along the upper Cape from Bourne to Orleans and back seeking goodies for a feast the next day.

It was a long and productive trip, and at the end we drove home along Route 6a and saw the Giants of Sandwich - big light displays of people and things relating to the businesses that host them. We like to visit the giants every December, and every December there seem to be more of them. The mastermind is a local glassblower named Michael Magyar. You can read more about the giants in this article from the Cape Cod Times. 

 A fancy feast requires a fancy dessert, and nothing dresses up the intended Buche de Noel like fine candies. When it comes to fine candies, I like to go to Stage Stop Candy on Route 28 in Dennisport. There are other confectioners on the Cape (none like the weird and utterly brilliant Chef Paul's Truffles!), but I always seem to find something that exactly suits my needs at Stage Stop.

I had scored some fine produce at Lambert's in Centreville (just west of Hyannis on Route 28), a real go-to source for quality and variety even in the dead of winter.

But I still needed a celeriac, or celery root. That was a difficult quest, and success was by no means assured. This was for a Waldorf Salad, which is often made with plain celery these days, but the original recipe from the Waldorf-Astoria hotel calls for peeled white celery root, which looks like the peeled apple and makes a completely white salad.  

Best of Show this week has to go to Ring Brothers Marketplace in South Dennis. They not only had my celeriac, but also excellent produce, wines and beers, teas and coffees, baked goods, fish, cheeses, and more. Just as important was the knowledgeable and helpful staff! 

In the end we got everything we needed for the feast, the details of which will soon be posted here. And we got to see the Giants of Sandwich on the way home!