NOVEMBER?!?!

Already... i swear it was just yesterday that someone reminded me to start posting about November... and now we are well in to the month and i have done no posting.
It isn't because i haven't been cooking/baking, i just get sidetracked.
Recently i have succeeded in getting my hubby in the kitchen with me. He is actually a really great cook, very adventurous and willing to risk it all... where as me; very traditional and by the book, so we work very well together in the kitchen.
Everyday is a mystery, normally around 2 or 3 we will start talking about what sounds good for dinner. We throw around a couple different ideas, search the web and ultimately end up on something like soup or pasta.
Yesterday around 2pm i ask the daily question; "what do you feel like for dinner?"... "Soup, bread and good wine" came flying back over a text message...
Typically S doesn't care, so when he actually says what he wants i dive right in. Knowing that Clam Chowder is one of his favorites i got to work.
I searched multiple different sites before stumbling on this clam chowder recipe that was also going to help me find a "good" wine (in our house you have to specify "wine" or "good wine"... they are very different. "Wine" is normally cheap and picked out of the proverbial "bargain bin", "good wine" is normally a little more thought out and step up from the cheapest).
I personally don't like clam chowder... there is something about shell fish i don't care for.. Normally i just pick around the clams to find the potato's (i do LOVE potato's), however, this recipe didn't call for potato's, so i boiled some up in a separate pot and added them in the end.
The chowder was also not thick enough for me, so i added a little water/corn starch mixture to thicken it up a bit.
The flavor was subtle, so i will probably add more clam juice next time and more veggies... but all around it was a "good dipping" soup as S put it.

As for the rest of this month, well it kind of goes without saying... Thanksgiving is coming up next week... so that means; turkey, stuffing, cranberries & pumpkin pie!