#thanksgiving

#thanksgiving

Every Thanksgiving, former Poltergeist chef Diego Argoti serves free bowls of noodle soup to anyone in need of a warm meal on the holiday. While the menu occasionally rotates, it always involves a Thanksgiving-inspired bowl of ramen. Here, Argoti shares his modified recipe for home cooking, making use of not only your leftover turkey carcass but also any surplus sides.

In our ranking of 17 different Trader Joe's Thanksgiving products, the brand's Cornbread Stuffing with dried cranberries, roasted apples, and savory herbs came in last place. Don't be fooled by the tasty description and misleading photograph on the front of the box. A sweet and savory cornbread stuffing sounds delicious, but all we tasted with this box was salt. In fact, it was so salty that the sweet and bright cranberries and caramelized roasted apples were completely lost.

But not on Thanksgiving. Without fail, the former Poltergeist chef can be found on Thanksgiving Day handing out free bowls of leftovers-inspired noodle soups piled with mashed potatoes, turkey and X.O.-laced cranberry sauce. It's his way of giving back to the city, and providing for anyone who needs somewhere to go for a warm meal - and of giving himself a new appreciation for the holiday.

Ted Danson 's Charles Nieuwendyk, a widowed and retired professor of engineering turned private eye, is hosting a Thanksgiving gathering at his home. It's his most treasured holiday tradition: "Small group. Close friends and loved ones...We talk, we drink, we eat. We have a calm, quiet evening." Spoiler alert: that's not quite how it goes. The gathering expands to more than a dozen guests, including one complete stranger, and turns into a messy and weird and heartbreaking but also wonderful affair,

Listen, everyone loves a super cheesy homemade macaroni with like seven cheeses and a dash of truffle in there for good measure. But in this economy, most American families don't have the funds to make every Thanksgiving side dish the way Bon Appétit recommends. What we really need right now are inexpensive Thanksgiving side dish recipes that deliver on flavor, feed a crowd, and don't require you to break the budget for a random ingredient you'll never use again - let's be real, chopped walnuts are not a staple in most people's kitchens.

There are three different types of dessert people: cake people, custard people and pastry people. I'm very much a custard person, here for silky, creamy fillings and tiramisu delivers every time. When it comes to eating it, especially after a feast like Thanksgiving, there's a lightness to the layers of soft cream and caky soaked ladyfingers that lets you enjoy bite after bite without feeling too stuffed.

the turkey often gets in the way. I have made multiple Thanksgiving feasts already this year while testing Thanksgiving delivery meal kits -meals complete with multitudes of sides and dessert. One problem remained constant: oven space. With a turkey in your oven for hours at a time, plotting the logistics of cooking five sides started to feel like a spreadsheet endeavor to rival corporate forensic accounting.

When it comes to side dishes, the star of Thanksgiving doesn't have to be the gravy, stuffing, or mashed potatoes. Enter: the Thanksgiving salad! Instead of brown and mushy, the salad can be one of the most delicious things on your holiday plate. Over years of hosting, I've found that bold flavor combinations like roasted squash, crunchy apples, pomegranate jewels, and tangy dressings will make everyone reach for seconds.

Walk into any bakery in November and you can spot the season's sweetest rivalry. Golden apple pies face off against orange pumpkin pies, and every year the same question comes up: which one belongs on your table? The numbers The rivalry isn't just about flavor. It's baked into American tradition and backed by data. Grocery orders and surveys tell two different stories about which pie really wins, depending on whether you look at year-round sales or Thanksgiving favorites.

Thanksgiving comes only once a year. So even if you typically aim to eat a well-balanced diet, helping yourself to a scoop of buttery mashed potato casserole or a generous slice of apple crumb pie on the year's biggest food holiday isn't only OK, it's an important part of the celebration. Holiday foods often carry family traditions and memories, and enjoying them is one way we honor those connections.

You can't control what other people say or do, but you can control your responses and how you carry yourself in stressful circumstances. A friend or family member may say something you disagree with, and your first impulse might be to persuade, convince, or argue with them. Such disagreements are common forms of family conflict that often arise for many during the holidays.

Thanksgiving is usually the ultimate potluck gathering, but not everyone is keen on doing so much work. Maybe your family is full of terrible cooks, or you'd all just like a break from the massive demands of preparing a full-blown feast. But no matter the reason, you have plenty of options for dining out this Thanksgiving holiday all around the United States. Whether you'd prefer a Mexican-inspired twist on the holiday, a large breakfast plate, a juicy steak, or a traditional Thanksgiving meal, you'll be able to find whatever you're seeking this November 27th.

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Forget the stopwatch and the stress. Thanksgiving is a long, delicious stretch, more like a slow dance than a sprint. With the right bottles on hand, you can glide from appetizers to the aftermath with a glass that keeps every moment bright and buoyant. By the time guests start rolling in, the kitchen crew is deep in the trenches still. For a crowd-pleasing welcome without any fuss, reach for a palate priming sparkler - think Cava, Prosecco, Lambrusco and beyond.

This pumpkin tiramisu recipe is a show-stopping fall dessert! No offense to pumpkin pie, but it might just steal the spotlight on your Thanksgiving dessert table. It features luxe layers of pumpkin cream, chai-soaked ladyfingers, and a gorgeous dusting of warm spices. Rich, creamy, and packed with fall flavors, it's impressive and delicious. It's been on my list to develop for months, ever since I made this strawberry tiramisu over the summer.

For one, it is a no-cook recipe. Instead the orange and cranberry just go into a food processor and get pulsed until they form a roughly chopped mixture. It can be done in 15 minutes. And second, it can be prepared ahead of time. In fact, Bourdain preferred it that way, saying it only got better the longer it sat in the fridge. It's the kind of prep-and-forget-it holiday side dish recipe that a cook trying to optimize their time will really appreciate.

There's a chew to it, a hallmark flavor and texture to it, and you pull them and there's a little bit of resistance. So it took a while until I was able to happen upon something that worked. She found that potato flakes from instant mashed potato boxes could re-create the classic, chewy texture. After sharing her recipe on her website, she found that other gluten-free eaters were similarly impressed with the power of the potato flake.

In a blender or food processor, blend the cottage cheese until it's smooth. In a mixing bowl, combine the smoothed cottage cheese, Greek yogurt and cream cheese. Mix until it's well-combined, then set it aside. In a food processor, pulse the cranberries, jalapenos, red onion and cilantro until it's all finely chopped. If you want a chunky dip, leave them roughly chopped. To the yogurt mixture, add the honey, lime zest and lime juice, and mix to combine.

Finding a shortcut to put a good Thanksgiving meal on the table is always welcome, and starting this month Subway is offering a quick-and-easy sandwich variation on one of the most complicated holiday centerpieces: the Turducken. Normally made by stuffing a chicken inside a duck that is then stuffed inside a turkey, the Turducken has become a quirky holiday tradition for many over the past few decades. While the Turducken's origins are a bit of a mystery, it has always seemed like more of a novelty than a great way to cook a dinner, but there is no denying its meaty appeal.

I may have roasted my first turkey this year, but I will always think fondly of my turkey-free Thanksgivings past (and future, I reckon). Every time I hear the collective tizzy about "how to roast the best turkey" I think, "Just roast a chicken instead!" Or a nice leg of lamb, or even two whole sides of fish. All loads easier than wrangling an ungainly bird half the table doesn't really much care for anyway (what? it's true!).