Category: Cooking

After weeks of preparation and planning, there are a few days left until the Bird is cooked, along with all the other dishes and cakes […]

As I mentioned earlier , my 2021 Thanksgiving guest list is total vegans, vegetarians, dairy allergy sufferers, and lactose intolerant people. I’m not one of […]

Cranberry Sauce is probably the simplest Thanksgiving dish you can make from scratch. Add 120 ounces of cranberries, a glass of sugar, and a glass […]

By this point, almost everyone knows that deep fryers are “just little convection ovens” and that they “don’t really fry anything.” But semantics aside, having […]

Last week, I asked you all about your favorite, non-negotiable side dishes, “I’ll Flip the Table If It’s Missed,” and, unsurprisingly, you had some opinions. […]

The traditional Thanksgiving menu isn’t exactly vegan (or even vegetarian). Nearly every dish contains cream, butter, eggs, or turkey broth, all centered around a large […]

Smoked turkey is one of the tastiest forms a turkey can take, but not everyone has a smoker (or even a grill). Fortunately, you don’t […]

The holidays are largely about enjoying many of your favorite foods – it’s not exactly a festive meal unless your plate is overwhelmed by a […]

When I decided to learn how to cook, I had no hope of creating complex, amazing dishes. I just wanted to be able to look […]

Many of us have thrown off this soothing blanket of tradition and habit to ask the big question: How has turkey – a meat that […]

I have a very strange, recurring nightmare in which I cut up a steak, take pictures of the slices and post a photo on a […]

Lack of food has never been an issue at any Thanksgiving dinner I’ve ever attended. I’ve never seen this. But if you’re hosting your first […]

If you haven’t started your Thanksgiving preparations yet, making turkey broth is a good start. It doesn’t take much effort, and it infuses your home […]

There are about 10 days left until Thanksgiving, which is an awkward number of days. It’s too early to buy perishable food and start baking […]

The turkey gravy should be rich and savory, thick enough to cover the turkey chunk, and brown. Color doesn’t always indicate flavor, but there is […]

Smoked turkey is not uncommon. Mention it in conversation and most people will answer yes. “Oh, I love smoked turkey,” they will say. “My dad […]

I have always eaten leather, much to my mother’s chagrin. “It’s bad for you,” she said as she peeled the toasty and polished skin from […]

I don’t care what the ad says, the kitchen at your rental location will not be “fully stocked.” I am a travel minimalist whose happy […]

You can smell it in the ground. You can feel it in the air. It’s every home cook’s favorite holiday and worst nightmare: Thanksgiving dinner. […]

Green beans are the most popular holiday beans, but I suspect that’s because we choke them in creamy soups and fried onions. I have eaten […]

My now ex-husband met his first ragweed salad at a buffet in Aberdeen, Mississippi after Sunday school at my grandparents church. He grew up in […]

The initial idea was breathtaking: we had grandiose visions of underrated birds coaxing the hind limbs of other underrated birds. We called it Gooduckail: quail […]

I like to think of myself as a calm, normal, almost relaxed observer of Thanksgiving, but in truth, I’m kind of a tyrant. I hide […]

Until recently, it never occurred to me that some people buy pre-cooked turkey to serve on Thanksgiving. Not only am I too much of a […]

Last week, thinking about a particularly unimpressive turdaken my family made in a year, I asked which foods should be permanently banned from the Thanksgiving […]

If you have a gravy boat, you probably use it once a year. Maybe twice. If you don’t have a gravy boat, it may never […]

If you are just an occasional baker, you might be wondering what is the difference between different baking dishes. How does this affect how the […]

The second week of November is weird. Looms for Thanksgiving, but it’s too early to buy perishable goods. You could probably do absolutely nothing to […]

Well, a year has passed. Or was there already two? Oh yes it is. And even though Thanksgiving is officially back, you don’t have to […]

Being from Mississippi but growing up in Los Angeles was a confusing childhood, especially in a culinary sense. Not only was the food different in […]

I once lived in a swamp. With the onset of autumn, Cape Cod swamps fill with water. Giant wheeled cars whip the vines, and the […]

Separate Brussels sprouts are nothing to see. It is green, round and looks like a cabbage. It looks like a vegetable and that’s okay. But […]

Many people call fall and winter “soup season”, but I have always considered these colder months “mashed potatoes”. Whether you eat it as a (non-negotiable) […]

It is a good idea to submerge the cleaned and used vanilla bean in an aliquot of alcohol. (These beans are expensive, and you might […]

Now that October is behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the next holiday we might be foolishly gorging on: Thanksgiving. While Halloween […]

Having your first Thanksgiving dinner can be intimidating, especially this year, which could also be your guests’ first personal holiday meeting in … quite some […]

A green tomato in early November is a moral dilemma. Do you leave it on the plant, praying that the rain will keep it long […]

As you’ve probably noticed, November 1st gives everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving in America exactly 24 days to get ready for the Big Day. This is […]

Bitches are picky tomatoes. Too much sun, little sun, too much rain, not enough water, an endless number of diseases from which the tomato plant […]

Merchant Joe is very good at two things: supplying his frozen food department with an endless procession of new and interesting convenience foods, and producing […]