"thanksgiving food" news and stories

Thanksgiving is the day you might want to put the smart-phone apps on the shelf and dive into a few real apps. You know, the edible kind that were around way before the invention of the iPhone. Kitchen Daily's five appetizers, from a roasted red pepper and walnut dip to a pesto and sun-dried tomato terrine, have robust flavor that belies how light they really are. And with these recipes, your crew will still have plenty of room for the big bird (or the tofurkey, if you swing that way) and the pumpkin pie. (By the way, throw a little mascarpone in this year's pie. Here's the recipe.)

And . . . if you don't know what to pour with all those appetizers, here are beer and wine recommendations.

Ok, at first we thought this was a joke, but a newspaper columnist in Ohio has admitted to one of the most bizarre (or disgusting or ingenious -- take your pick) stuffing recipes ever: White Castle sliders.

In a recent blog post on the Columbus Dispatch's website, Jeffrey Sheban writes: "When I stuff a turkey, I eschew traditional bread cubes in favor of White Castle hamburgers," which, as he points out, are mostly bread and onions -- staples of most stuffing recipes.

Although it seems a little suspicious that the type of person who would resort to a fast-food drive thru for his holiday ingredients would also be able to use the word "eschew" correctly in a sentence, other aspects of his post corroborate his claim. For instance, he admits that he didn't actually debut his whacked-out stuffing recipe on Thanksgiving, but at a Super Bowl party. "No one in my family trusts me with real holidays," he writes. (Gee, wonder why.)

Crystallized ginger and mandarin orange spiffy up traditional cranberry relish.

Get this cranberry recipe along with many others after the jump.

Skip the pecan pie and take a chocoholic route this Thanksgiving with this velvety-glazed creation.

Get this pecan dessert recipe along with many others after the jump.

Mint and mozzarella dress up the often-casseroled green beans in a hurry.

Get this green bean recipe along with many others after the jump.