Crystallized ginger and mandarin orange spiffy up traditional cranberry relish.
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Posts with tag thanksgiving food
Thanksgiving Recipes - Triple Chocolate Pecan Loaves
Skip the pecan pie and take a chocoholic route this Thanksgiving with this velvety-glazed creation.
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Thanksgiving Recipes - Green Beans with Mozzarella and Mint
Mint and mozzarella dress up the often-casseroled green beans in a hurry.
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Thanksgiving Recipes - Chestnut Stuffing
Chestnuts add richness and a level of meatiness to the conventional Thanksgiving stuffing.
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The Perfect Deviled Egg - Tip of the Day
Deviled eggs, a fixture on the appetizer circuit, can give your holiday guests a delicious start to the Thanksgiving feast.
Libby's Fears Canned Pumpkin Shortage This Thanksgiving
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Nestlé, the parent company of Libby's Pumpkin, said Tuesday that it might not have enough canned pumpkin for the Thanksgiving holiday.
"Our calculations indicate that we may deplete our inventory of canned Libby's pumpkin as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday," Paul Bakus, vice president for Nestlé's baking division, told the New York Times.
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Thanksgiving Recipes - Deluxe Pecan Pie
Pecan pie is, well, easy as pie to make with the help of six ingredients and an hour in the oven.
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Thanksgiving Recipes - Ham, Gruyere and Spinach Bread Pudding
Looking for leftover ham recipes? Use the excess in a rich ham-and-cheese breakfast casserole for a Black Friday brunch.
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Thanksgiving Treats: Hard Maple Syrup Candy
Photo: Monika Bartyzel
Maple syrup is the perfect ingredient for Thanksgiving. The turning maple leaves are a staple of fall decorating, the flavor of the syrup is sweet, natural and divine, and the dark and rich brown hue is perfect for the holiday table.
Yet most recipes out there insist on turning that syrup into a crystallized Maple Sugar Candy. Of course, those are great nibbles, but simplifying the recipe and letting that syrup harden offers an equally sinful snack that melts on the tongue and is as decorative as it is tasty.
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Turducken
Photo: Katz Family, flickr.
The Turducken's place in the mighty pantheon of American cuisine is a forgone conclusion. This Frankenstein of Fowl Meat is here to stay. But that doesn't mean you know everything about this truly savory gift to the carnivore. In fact, here are five things you didn't know about the happy marriage between gobblers, quackers, and cluck-cluckers.
For those of you who want to try to conjure this delicacy, check out noted health food pioneer Paula Deen's recipe here.
It's Not Thanksgiving Without ...
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For most, the answer will be the bird of the hour -- Tom Turkey. For others, it may be the baked ham in its glazed glory.
Some like to carbo-load on gravy-laden mashed potatoes, while others prefer to bow before bowls of macaroni-n-cheese. And then there are the casserole crazies.
Many find themselves nostalgic for the green bean casserole of yore, complete with cream of mushroom soup and canned fried onions. Then there's the sweet potato casserole -- which in itself sparks controversy as whether to top with brown sugar or marshmallows. And whether or not it is indeed referred to as sweet potato casserole or candied yams.
On a related note, is it called stuffing or dressing? And do you bake it in the bird or separately? Cranberry sauce -- is it canned or homemade?
For the rest, the answer is easy as pie -- saving the best for last with a slice of pecan, pumpkin, apple or sweet potato goodness.
One thing we can all agree on is Thanksgiving is a time to eat, eat and, oh yeah, eat some more. The nap afterward is a well-deserved reward.
Have a field day in the comments. "It's not Thanksgiving without ..."
Thanksgiving Prep - Three Weeks Out
Cranberry sauce. Photo: MGF/Lady Disdain, Flickr.
By this point, you should have a head count and have already placed an order for an appropriately sized turkey. You may have made an outline of your menu. Now it's time for the heavy lifting.
1. Finalize your menu.
You should have a rough idea of what you're going to serve for the holiday meal. Now it's time to decide how many pounds of Brussels sprouts you'll need and how you're going to prepare them. Are you going to brine your turkey? What kind of rolls are you serving? Salted or unsalted butter? Are you making pies or asking someone else to bring them? Now is the time to make all of those decisions, and then make a shopping list based on the recipes for each dish.
Editor's Picks - Best of the Rest
Thanksgiving stuffing. Photo: anjuli ayer, Flickr.
Learn some new holiday cooking and baking skills with this roundup of Thanksgiving cooking classes across the nation.
Not surprisingly, an Aloha, Ore., man was fined $300 for calling 911 to complain about his botched McDonald's drive-through order.
Design icon Isaac Mizrahi will sell tartan-topped cheesecakes from Junior's on QVC in early December.
Los Angeles' popular Kogi Korean Taco Truck gets a tricked out Toyota Scion Kogi xD Mobile Kitchen that's fully loaded with a grill, a sink and an Alpine Sound System.
Restaurant consulting firm Baum + Whiteman released its 2010 food and dining trend forecast, which claims "fried chicken is the new pork belly."
Former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni sold the TV rights to his memoir, "Born Round."
The Copious Courses of YumSugar
Day-old bread. Photo: YumSugar.
Turning fresh bread into day-old bread (that's perfect for stuffing) only takes 15 minutes.
Start planning your turkey day -- from decor to dessert -- now.
Whet your appetite with 10 exciting dishes for Thanksgiving.
Will you make room for soup at the Thanksgiving table?
Does Masterchef, another televised cooking-show competition, mean too many chefs in the kitchen?
Bacon makes everything better -- even candles!
Leftovers can cure the take-out temptation -- Thai Beef with Coconut Rice.
Thanksgiving Prep - Four Weeks to Go
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1. Get a head count.
Now's the time to start inviting people to Thanksgiving dinner. If you're thinking about it, chances are good your friends and family are, too. So if your cousin is bringing her new boyfriend, and both sets of grandparents are coming to town, as well as your parents and siblings, you're going to need to figure out how to seat everyone at your small table with three mismatched chairs.
Getting a head count this early ensures you'll have enough time to borrow tables, chairs and whatever other furniture items you need to so that everyone can eat comfortably, and then have a place to lounge when the tryptophan-wine combo sets in. And don't forget to find out who's a vegetarian, who's allergic to nuts, and any other dietary restrictions you'll be dealing with. The last thing you want to hear as you put your orange-scented green beans with toasted almonds on the table is that your cousin's new boyfriend has a severe nut allergy.
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