Thanksgiving is one of the most celebrated occasions of the year. This is when a family gathers together to share a wonderful meal and give thanks for all the blessings that have come their way. Don’t forget the ever-present thanksgiving turkey too! When thanksgiving...
To me, Thanksgiving is not officially Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. There were several years here in Germany that we just let Thanksgiving day slip by, cooking something traditionally American for the day, but not really going to all the trouble. And a few times,...
I know it's hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is literally just around the corner. I kind of hyperventilated a little when went on eBay yesterday and it said 47 days until Christmas! With only 16 days left until the main turkey event, now is the time to start...
Need a quick, cheap way to dress up your Thanksgiving table? These paper leaves take nothing more than colored paper, scissors and a few stencils, and they're the perfect job for older kids while you're cooking up a storm. Write names on them for place cards, or ask...
Preparing for an event as big as Thanksgiving takes a little planning. Whether you cook everything from scratch or only some of it, you need to know how many dishes need the oven, what can be made ahead and when you want dinner on the table. So I write down my own...
Believe it or not, next Thursday is Thanksgiving. Are you prepared? Thanksgiving can be an insanely stressful day for those doing all the cooking, but you don't have to let it become your worst nightmare. With a little planning and the acknowledgement that sometimes...
Usually the only dessert that matters to me on Thanksgiving is pumpkin pie. I'll make about six of them, share one or two on Turkey Day and hoard the rest until they're gone. OK, fine, I share with my family too. I don't know what it is, but that custardy filling just...
You've got plenty ahead of you on Thanksgiving Day, and going crazy over a pile of complicated side dishes shouldn't be one of them. These are the simple, traditional sides we serve every year. They're so easy you barely need a recipe, so here are my general...
Thanksgiving shortcuts are hard to pull off here in Germany. So when I go on about making my own dressing from scratch and you just want to hurl, remember that I can’t get things like Stove Top Dressing Mix here in Germany. If I could, I might very well use it. Or I...
Written out, our Thanksgiving menu always looks like so little. But it has fed 8 adults and a couple of kids with plenty left over, and nobody has ever left our table hungry. These are the classics my family still asks for every single year: simple, mostly make-ahead,...
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