What does the Thanksgiving holiday bring to mind? If you said family, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, or pumpkin pie, that would likely strike a chord in the minds of most Americans. If asked about the true origin of Thanksgiving, however, the answer might be a matter of greater debate, mixed, mashed, and buttered-up with inaccurate…
Easier Than Pumpkin Pie: Better Pumpkin Desserts for Your Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. It’s a time to be thankful for our friends and family, our good fortune, and for some, the end of pumpkin spice season. The pumpkin, first cultivated by humans in the Americas as many as 9,000 years ago, was one of the first foods taken back to Europe. Cookbooks in…
This Garlic Bread Deserves a Seat at the Thanksgiving Table
Some type of bread, roll, or biscuit is absolutely essential to any Thanksgiving spread. After all, you need something to push the delicious sides together and to sop up every drop of gravy left on your plate. Of course, you might not want to bake from-scratch dinner rolls. We hear you. That’s where Thanksgiving garlic…
10 Tips for Organizing Your Home Before the Holiday Season
November 12, 2021
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You have just over two weeks to spiff up the house for Thanksgiving—and the December holidays (and fun) can overload anyone. So get going now and have a more relaxing season the next month and a half! If my family was ever expecting company while I was growing up, my mom insisted that the house…
Food Inflation Weighs on US Households as Prices Soar in October
The U.S. annual inflation rate surged at its fastest pace in 31 years, driven by skyrocketing food and energy prices. Staples found in kitchens across the country were more expensive in October, weighing on families’ monthly or weekly grocery budgets. On the protein front, beef and veal prices increased 20.1 percent year-over-year. Pork cost 14.1…
A Lighter Pumpkin Dessert for Thanksgiving
You’ve enjoyed your Thanksgiving feast and still have room for something sweet. That’s where this dessert comes in. No heavy pie crusts here, just a pumpkin custard. An American favorite, pumpkin pie filling, pairs up with a Mexican-style flan to solve the dessert dilemma on holiday tables and throughout the cooler months. This flan has…
The Myth of the Perfect Thanksgiving Wine
Almost any wine, red, white, rosé, or even sparkling, will be fine with all the myriad flavors extant on the traditional Thanksgiving table—but there’s one huge proviso: as long as you don’t expect the wine to work with the food. That’s because no single wine will. For decades, I’ve written columns on “what wine goes…
Slow-Roasted Turkey: An Old-School Recipe With Fall-Off-the-Bone Results
Roast turkey, the centerpiece of most Thanksgiving dinners, can make (or break) the meal. With that much pressure placed on a single dish, it’s easy to feel intimidated. There are complex brines and dry-rubs to make, temperature and timing to keep, and the tetris-like game of fitting all the casseroles and baking dishes into the…
Looking for a New Turkey Recipe for the Holiday? Try This.
In this herb-roasted turkey recipe, apples and shallots cook inside the bird to keep the meat moist and add rich flavor. The extra shallots in the roasting pan also give the gravy recipe a rich, caramelized-onion depth. With apple cider, the gravy is out-of-this-world delicious. The easy turkey stock adds extra flavor to the gravy,…
Consumers Likely to Face More Expensive Thanksgiving Turkeys This Year: Butterball CEO
Butterball CEO Jay Jandrain told Fox News in a recent interview that it’s likely American families will see more expensive Thanksgiving turkeys this year and that smaller ones will be harder to find as inflation remains stubbornly high and the supply chain crunch roils on. Jandrain told the outlet on Nov. 2 that, while he…
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