Entries tagged with 'Thanksgiving'
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"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...
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©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?...
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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...
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©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...
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Relax, blow off some steam, laugh. From the Production Rider for Kate Kershner's Holiday Visit Home Tour, an oldie but goodie from McSweeney's: The following should be placed on or near the table at DINNER:(2) Bottles of wine per person at table, preferably something cheap so VENUE doesn't bitch about how expensive it was during the course of the entire evening (1) Bowl of mashed potatoes, skin ON. SKIN IS WHERE THE VITAMINS ARE. (2) Bowls of stuffing, one cornbread and one plain. If there is so much as half a raisin in the stuffing, TALENT will immediately leave the table and possibly the city. [via Buzzfeed] Related The Foo Fighters' Tour Rider: Bacon as 'God's Currency' M.I.A.'s Tour Rider:...
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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....
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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....
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Sure the New York Times' Kim Severson is live-blogging her Thanksgiving. But is she offering a live cam, Twitter updates, a Flickr photo pool, weather reports, and temperature readouts from the turkey smoker? Didn't think so. Meet Turkey Tracker....
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Today's Thanksgiving Planning Tip: Time to put all that preparation to work. After you've had your morning cup and are awake, get that turkey going! Then move on to cook all the things first that keep longer—like stuffing, vegetables, and appetizers. And just remember to relax and enjoy all the work you have put into this day....
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The real deal turducken (meat involved). Photograph from Phil Romans on Flickr The name might inspire an "oh, my!" face, but tofucken is actually just turducken made with tofu. Adapted from a recipe by Chef Paul Prudhomme (the bearded, hat-wearing dude from Louisiana with a line of cajun seasonings), Stefany Anne Golberg of Table Matters turns the "infamous carnival of carnage that involves three unfortunate birds" into an infamous carnage of soy beans and wheat gluten. If you could combine multiple meats (real or fake) for a turducken-esque mishmash, what would they be? And what potentially inappropriate-sounding name would you give it? Related Qua-duc-ant (Quail, Duck, Pheasant) Fake Turk'y Taste Test...
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