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Thanksgiving: Best Guides Online

Kathleen Flinn · November 15, 2018 · 2 Comments

I had to stop into my local supermarket yesterday to pick up two bottles of Prosecco — and a pack of new kitchen sponges as that’s the kind of thrilling dichotomy that rules my life. Then I saw it: the huge bin of frozen turkeys. It’s that time of year again.

A select few know about my slightly disturbing fascination with supermarkets. What’s in food stores and what people choose to purchase intrigues me endlessly. So I casually eavesdrop on a conversations and peeked into a few carts. “I got this off a blog,” a woman near the brussel sprouts told her boyfriend. “The photo looks good. I hope it works. You never know.”

While I was walking around the store, a friend called asking for Thanksgiving advice and to ask what I was making — the fourth such call that I’ve fielded in two days. Two of them are Thanksgiving virgins making a full holiday spread for the first time this year.  I’m sending both of them the book Thanksgiving 101 by Rick Rodgers. It’s comprehensive and explains everything step-by-step from roasting a turkey to making pan gravy to stock. I think I’ve given this book to about a half-dozen people in two years.

I’ve been coming across a lot of interesting stories and resources online, so here’s a few in no particular order.

  • Epicurious: Turkey Taste Test

    They tested six supermarket turkeys, roasted them and compared them for taste. I planned to do this exact thing this year, but my book deadline slipped so alas, it will have to wait.

  • The New York Times: Thanksgiving, a User’s Guide

    Kind of tough to top the comprehensive nature of this collection which includes Melissa Clark demonstrating perfect pie crust and Mark Bittman on video chatting up side dishes.

  • Real Simple: 100 Thanksgiving Recipes

    Clear, straightforward recipes in the spirit of the magazine that offers at least five different versions of traditional recipes.

  • Country Living: 10 Thanksgiving menus

    A lot of novice cooks find it hard to conceptualize a menu, so I liked the way they organized their content by theme, such as “New England,” to “Southern” to “No stress.”

  • 101 Cookbooks: Vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes

    For some people, it isn’t all about the turkey.

  • The Kitchn: 12 Holiday cocktail recipes

    For some people, it isn’t all about the food.

  • Food 52: Side dishes

    I’m contemplating at least half of these lovely updates on classic dishes.

  • Eating Well: Healthy diabetic Thanksgiving recipes

    Given how many people suffer from diabetes, odds are that you’ll have at least one diabetic at the table.

  • MyRecipes: The Holiday Pantry

    Not enough food writers focus on pantries. There’s nothing worse than realizing you’re out of nutmeg or butter at 10 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving

  • Thanksgiving Tips from My Fearless Food Writer Friends

    Planning and putting together a big meal can be stressful. I consulted my food writing friends for a good, practical set of tips for cooks of all levels.

The one thing that I know that I’ll be making post holiday? Turkey gumbo. I make it every year after we’ve exhausted our appetite for turkey sandwiches and picked the carcass nearly clean. I agree to a point with a writer who made a case against going too crazy with trying to disguise that leftover meat  in Slate.

Have some good Thanksgiving recipes on your blog or a good go-to site? Feel free to leave in the comments.

[Updated November 2018]

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  1. Alphonse de Klerk says

    November 22, 2010 at 1:45 am

    I enjoy looking at you work. Nicely presented
    and photographed.

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  2. Sally Pasley Vargas says

    November 22, 2010 at 5:14 am

    Wow, it’s overwhelming, isn’t it? Thanks for all these links, I’ll be sure to pass them on. I still don’t know my menu for T-day. Turkey? Ya think?

    Reply

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