These leftovers come together as a light, flavorful, seasonal, and elegant brunch for all your relatives the day after Thanksgiving. The point with leftovers is: the less it looks like last night's dinner, the more you'll want to eat it. The first recipe uses leftover turkey, but has nothing to do with the traditional white bread, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and turkey sandwich. My Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich piles very thinly-sliced turkey breast with crispy bacon leftover from breakfast, a fresh lemon mayonnaise made with juice and zest, frisee lettuce, and Munster cheese, all sandwiched in a thin baguette or ficelle. It can be served cold or pressed like a panini. The result is hearty, but light from the lemon... More

From sandwiches to spring rolls to burritos and muffins—how to make sense of leftovers. More

"Butter, cream, sugar, pie, stuffing, gravy, biscuits. These are the tools of the Thanksgiving eater's trade." I was all set to write a short post telling you of my decision to avoid the scale the day after Thanksgiving, that I was going to delay getting on the scale until Monday. Surely serious eaters would understand, was my instant rationalization. My daily interim weigh-ins leading up to Thanksgiving were not cause for alarm. As of Thursday morning I was even (236) for the week. I knew you all would understand if I took a pass today. Then I decided that it's easy to rationalize too many decisions to go off the dieting reservation, as it were. In fact, I remember all... More

©iStockPhoto.com/Kombinerki OK. So for many serious eaters out there, it's over. The bird has been carved, served, and eaten. You've gone back for seconds (and maybe thirds). You've had your desserts, had a nap. And you're obviously back online. We hope you came through it all OK. But we're curious—what was on your Thanksgiving menu? Why don't you share it with us here in the comments?... More

Photograph from Ama in Ohio on Flickr Cupcake Takes the Cake rounds up awesome Thanksgiving cupcakes and cakes, most of which resemble turkeys. I like the one above in particular for combining many cupcakes into one giant cake, besides that, it's adorable. Related Baskin-Robbins Turkey Cake Thanksgiving on a Cupcake... More

©iStockPhoto.com/JerryPDX While the Serious Eats crew has been tirelessly toiling to bring you all the seriously delicious, entertaining, and newsworthy Thanksgiving morsels (it's actually been way more fun than toil) we could come up with, we wanted to take this opportunity to take a minute to wish each and every serious eater a happy Thanksgiving. May your Turkey Day be filled with lots of seriously delicious food, good wine, and the sounds of friends and family enjoying each others' company. Here at Serious Eats HQ we have lots to give thanks for: a fantastic, supportive community of serious eaters; the opportunity to share our discoveries with all of you; and the chance to eavesdrop and participate in the most... More

If you're of the pshaw-scoff-too-good-for-this mindset, then Endless Simmer suggests a special Thanksgiving menu: a cheese course, capon (rooster that's bred to be tastier than turkey), ethical foie gras, and sweet potato soufflé.... More

Save room on your Thanksgiving table for a paper turkey, because no matter how your real turkey turns out, it'll be more moist and delicious than its paper understudy. Tip: This would be a great activity to give the kids to keep them out of your way while you're in the kitchen. Print out one for each of your lil' pilgrims. It's tedious enough to keep them occupied for a while.... More