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15 Days Until Thanksgiving
Today's Thanksgiving Planning Tip: Plan how you'll execute the meal. Calculate how long it'll take to cook things on T-Day and what you can prep in advance, like cranberry sauce (or will you buy it?) or boiled potatoes for mashed potatoes.The Food Lab Thanksgiving Special: Ultra-fluffy or Rich and Creamy Mashed Potatoes
During Thanksgiving, that most divisive of holidays, mashed potatoes are perhaps the most divisive side dish of the lot. I like mine to be rich, perfectly smooth, and creamy with plenty of butter and heavy cream, loaded with black pepper, maybe some chives if I want to feel extra fancy. Somewhere between a dish on its own and a sauce, it should have the consistency of a pudding, slowly working it's way across a tilted plate. I like to pick up a piece of turkey and swirl it in my gravy-covered potatoes so that they coat it, their buttery richness working into the cracks in the meat. Sounds good, right? Who could possibly want it any other way? My sister. That's who.16 Days Until Thanksgiving
Today's Thanksgiving Planning Tip: Compile a list of all the perishable ingredients you'll need, save for the meat, which you should have already ordered. Think about vegetables, pies, and other baking supplies, etc.The Food Lab: OK, Deep Fried Turkey Is Awesome!
If you've been following The Food Lab at all, you'll know that a couple weeks ago, I fried a turkey and didn't like it. Well, I take it all back! Fried turkey can be good. Really good. Excellent. Lip-smacking, finger-licking, crispy crackly, moist and tender, juice-explosion good, even.Taste Test: Store-Bought Stuffing
We should first clarify, this tasting was actually with "dressings" not "stuffings," since we baked them in casserole pans, not inside the turkey's hollowed-out body. But for the record, we'll probably just keep calling it stuffing since the proper terminology can cause confusion. Some people hear dressing and just picture a big bottle of Ranch—and we didn't eat pans of that. We tried nationally available brands: Stovetop, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods 365, Martin's Potato Rolls, Pepperidge Farms, and Canterbury Organics. Find out who won.How Are You Making Your Turkey? Try Alton Brown's Recipe
What, you're not frying your turkey? You're opting for the traditional roasted route? Yeah, we don't blame you. In fact, we encourage you to try this recipe from our pal Alton Brown. He explains every detail, from the brine—a mix of vegetable broth, brown sugar, black peppercorns, allspice berries, and candied ginger—to the roasting. Many of the SE'rs have used this recipe with great results.. "It makes a stunning bird," raved Bunnyman. However, as you'll find out in the recipe, Alton is a stuffing hater! He's all about cooking the "dressing" on the side.Thanksgiving Sides: Gratins
I usually like my vegetables straight up, crisp-tender and green, but every autumn, I'm drawn to gratins (which tend to cancel out most of the nutritional value of any vegetables within.) Layered with cream and butter, sprinkled with something crispy and broiled until golden, the lure of the gratin is definitely decadence. Here are a few recipes for gratins to serve on Turkey Day.Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Cranberries?
Don't get me wrong, I love me some gravy. But a gravy quiz would be less exciting, eh? After roasting a turkey, it deserves a nice pick-me-up beyond just gravy. And what's better than the pucker-inducing tang of plump, juicy cranberries? We've deemed today unofficial cranberry day, starting with the results from our cranberry sauce tasting. Now it's time to find out how much you know about cranberries. Take the quiz! »Cook the Book: 'Good Eats 2: The Middle Years'
Last year we started our own Thanksgiving tradition here at Cook the Book: sharing some of our favorite Thanksgiving-centric recipes from Alton Brown's first cookbook, Good Eats: The Early Years. Just in time for Thanksgiving, Brown is back with a sequel, Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, which picks up where The Early Years left off, with recipes from seasons six through ten. In typical Brown fashion, The Middle Years is filled to the brim with equal parts science and silliness, photos and techniques, and tons of Brown's fail-safe recipes. Enter here to win a copy.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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