Cooking for Two Vs. Twelve

My Friend Clancy used to be a pastry chef in her last life. This time around she's an attorney. While her cooking skills haven't deserted her she faces a dilemma when paring down her culinary efforts.

Cooking for two is easy for the civilian. For the professional two is the problem... task them with cooking for a crowd of twelve or more and they whip into action. She brought biscuits to a breakfast we were hosting. I was excited for fluffy southern style biscuits, she hails from Tennessee originally. Clancy instead offered hockey pucks with a laugh and said she wasn't used to making a small batch. And so it goes.

Thanksgiving is around the corner and Clancy is hosting. We have at least twelve people at the table which is great for her, now if I can just figure out how many butternut squash to buy, and how much mashed potatoes we'll be set.