Basic Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients 4 pounds golden creamer potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 cups heavy cream 3 tablespoons unsalted butter Put the potatoes into a large pot with 2 tablespoons salt. Cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until the potatoes are tender when touched […]

Easy and Healthy Lemon Garlic Roast Turkey with White Wine Gravy

Deep-Frying Your Turkey

See All of Our Staff’s Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes. It’s become our family tradition that my husband deep fries our turkey every Thanksgiving. While I’m inside cooking the side dishes, he’s outside with his cocktail and whatever men-folk he can lure away from football. I’m telling you, this is the best turkey you will ever have. We do […]

Thanksgiving Dishes the Kids Will Love

It is the best family holiday, so don't forget to feed the kids.

Festive Thanksgiving Cocktails

Here are a few of our staff’s favorite cocktails to start your Thanksgiving feast right! 1. Not Your Grandma’s Manhattan. 3. Spiced Bourbon & Beer Maple Martini 4. Moscow Mule or Dark & Stormy 5. Cranberry Mojito 6. Slow-Cooked Mulled Cider 7. Figtini 8. Hot Buttered Rum 9. Dairy-Free Pumpkin Eggnog 10, Sidecar Martini with a Limoncello Twist 11. Apple Cider Sangria 12. Spiced Cabernet 13. Cranberry Margaritas […]

Thanksgiving To-Do List: 15 Things to Do Now!

Every year, I make a list of what I can get done in the days before Thanksgiving. If you wrote out notes to yourself like we suggested last year, pull that out and add to it. If not, try making notes as you go this year. You’ll thank yourself later! Also check out Our Complete Thanksgiving Dinner Menu: from Cocktails to Dessert  • […]

Bacon & Pecan Dressing Made with Cornbread

SIZE: serves 12 INGREDIENTS:  2 cups pecans 2 cornbreads (rounds, squares, or loaves, 8 inches each), coarsely broken into 2-inch pieces (16 cups) 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus more for dish 8 slices smoked bacon, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces 4 celery stalks, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces 4 leeks (white and pale-green parts […]

Your Thanksgiving To-Do List

Every year, I make a list of what I can get done in the days before Thanksgiving. If you wrote out notes to yourself like we suggested last year, pull that out and add to it. If not, try making notes as you go this year. You’ll thank yourself later! Here’s my list for what you […]