Entries tagged with 'Thanksgiving'
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[Image: MyJones] Because turkey isn't the only protein on people's Thanksgiving tables, this year Jones Soda is offering the vegetarian-friendly Tofurky and Gravy Soda as part of their limited edition gift pack ($11.99). The pack comes with three bottles of the special Tofurky soda along with three bottles of more palatable flavors (black cherry, pomegranate, and vanilla bean), and a Tofurky lunch box. For each case sold, Jones Soda will donate $1 to the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). [via BevNET] Related Dungeons and Dragons-Themed Jones Soda Video: How to Make Your Own Soda Video: Talking Soda Pop with John Nese of Galco's in Los Angeles...
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We like this kind of fake turkey. The tofu kind, not so much.Photograph from JP Puerta on Flickr It's almost Thanksgiving time, and my family has started to plan out our menu. But there's one thing we haven't figured out: a main dish that my younger brother, a vegan, can enjoy, while the rest of us chow down on turkey. Sure, we'll make the sweet potatoes without butter, the Brussels sprouts without bacon. (At least, some of them.) I might do a special take-out run for him; there are great, inexpensive Mediterranean and Japanese options within a few blocks. But eating cucumber sushi alongside mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie just doesn't seem right. Vegetarians out there, or those cooking...
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[Photograph: Herbivoracious] It's called Turkey Day not Other Non-Turkey Stuff Day for a reason. Vegetarians are usually stuck piling on the sides on Thanksgiving, which isn't the worst thing in the world, but they could use some entrees with a little more heft. This photo of squash stuffed with orzo in a sage brown butter sauce from our Seriously Meatless man Michael Natkin is a great example of a turkey alternative—and we're not talking the turkey-flavored proteins. Here are some others, and feel free to chime in with your ideas. Acorn Squash Lasagna with Béchamel Sauce Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter and Sage Sauce Blue Cheese, Pear, and Pecan Quiche Grafton Squash Casserole Pumpkin Orzo with Sage Spaghetti Squash...
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We've all experienced dry turkey. The kind that's just bad enough, you wonder why the pilgrims didn't eat prime rib during that first fall. The solution? Brining. And here's why.
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Welp, it's that time of the year again. Crappy Canadian Thanksgiving. In this pretty twisted video, Canadian actress Ellen Page celebrates with the typical poutine, Degrassi, and a little too much Canadian Club. But what did her pals, including that harmless-looking Justin Long, really mean by coming over for dinner. Yeah, that was the twisted part. Watch the video after the jump....
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If you see canned pumpkin in your grocery store, stock up now ahead of Thanksgiving. Cold days and too much rain the last few growing seasons have led to a shortage of the Turkey Day pie ingredient. Says one grocer, "We order so much during the thanksgiving season that we can't get rid of it after the thanksgiving season. This is very rare, something I've never seen before."...
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Peanut butter cookies are a big hit in my circle of friends during the holidays. Photograph by Allison Hemler. Just in time for this year's round of holiday parties, Gourmet dug around in their archives to find their favorite cookies from 1941 until now. All of the recipes are unchanged from their original publication, though many from the early years include slight changes or explanations. The holiday season is the perfect time to overindulge and test out as many of these as possible. It's time to break out the KitchenAid mixer! Though I'd probably eat every cookie listed (except those with alcohol—I'm a purist), these are my personal favorites: 1955: Biscotti Di Regina 1972: Dutch Caramel Cashew Cookies 1989:...
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On Fridays, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 drops by with Serious Grape. I've got so much tryptophan in my blood stream and chaos in my house that all I can manage this week is to scrape myself off the couch long enough to tell you where you can go to do some Friday-morning wine quarterbacking. If the site traffic here on Serious Eats and on my own blog was any indication, Americans were seriously concerned about what wine to serve with Thanksgiving. Despite my own best efforts to keep it low-key and relaxed, people worried. You all did great--at least that's what the data on CellarTracker!, my preferred online cellar management program, tells me....
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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...
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From sandwiches to spring rolls to burritos and muffins—how to make sense of leftovers.
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