Nov 19, 2009
Thanksgiving 2009: One Week & Counting!
Categories: Food, Recipes, Restaurants
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON and it’s time to decide whether or not we’ll spend the next seven days planning and preparing a lavish meal, or take the easy way out and head for the nearest restaurant offering a Turkey Day menu.
To help you make the right decision this year, here are a few helpful links for cooking up — or simply eating — a truly divine holiday meal!
THE BASICS
- Ten Turkey Tips You’ll Be Thankful For (Serious Eats)
- Ten Ways to Ruin a Thanksgiving Turkey (Miami New Times)
- Thanksgiving Hot Lines & Roasting Charts (Hartford Courant)
- Turkey Brining Basics (Serious Eats)
- How to Stuff a Turkey Safely (Saveur)
- The Meal’s Not Complete Without Gravy (FeastNH)
- Turkey Carving 101 (Martha Stewart)
- Thanksgiving Decorating: Indoors (Better Homes & Gardens)
- Turkey Friendly Wines (Epicurious)
- Thanksgiving History Video with Kathleen Wall: Colonial Foodways Culinarian at Plimoth Plantation (how2heroes.com)
- Manners Matter, Especially for the Holidays (Hampton Roads)
- Find a food bank in your community — donate time and/or money
INTERESTING RECIPES
- Smoked Turkey Video (Down Home with The Neely’s)
- Citrus Mustard-Basted Turkey (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- Apple, Cornbread & Sausage Stuffing (MLive.com)
- Coca-Cola Habanero Potatoes (The Houston Post)
- Susan Stamberg’s Cranberry Relish Recipe (NPR)
- Paula Deen’s Pumpkin Pie (Food Network)
- Spiced Yams (Reader’s Digest)
- Ina Garten’s Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes (Food Network)
- Traditional — Southern Style — Thanksgiving Recipes (PNJ.com)
- 22 Classic Thanksgiving Side Dishes (Sunset)
- Thanksgiving Recipes (Epicurious)
- A Thanksgiving Menu (Tasting Table)
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CITY RESTAURANT GUIDES
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Let someone else do the dishes this year!
