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This year, Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 28, and one of the best ways to celebrate the special holiday is to spend time with friends and loved ones over a great meal. Beloved French-American bistro and wine bar Semilla in Miami Beach will be offering its traditional dine-in and takeout options this year. Located at 1330 Alton Road, the restaurant is run by chef/owner Frederic Joulin, who fuses French cuisine with local influences.

Semilla’s dine-in option is a family-style meal featuring starters such as Apple Wedge Salad tossed with walnuts, crumbled blue cheese and turkey bacon and a dish of Baked Brie Cheese and Cranberry “En Croute.” The main course is Stuffed Organic Turkey Breast Roll; accompanied by Port Red Wine Gravy and classic sides like Creamy Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans Casserole. The meal will end with a dessert of Chocolate Hazelnut Marshmallow Pie. The dine-in option will be served on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The fourth in my series of chef owner/operated restaurants is the French American bistro Semilla Miami, one of my "go to" places since it opened. It's the passion of Frederic Joulin whose extensive pedigree includes helming the kitchen for French President Jacques Chirac and the three star Michelin Guy Savoy in Paris. Semilla Miami features the classics we've always loved in a "buzzy" contemporary bistro atmosphere that's fun, friendly, and welcoming, the kind of place you'll want to return and become a "regular" which is exactly what I've become, for ten years (even had a cocktail party here for my birthday). It had been awhile since I was here, so decided to return and check it out again for my series.