This elegant salad is perfect for Thanksgiving. The goat cheese and pecans dress it up, and the dressing is one of those salty-sweet flavor combinations that everyone loves. More

From the earliest days of Slice, I've urged you pizza freaks to forgo the crusty, saucy, cheesy stuff on Thanksgiving in favor of gobbling the gobbler. But I know some of you are diehards, so here's a way to sneak our erstwhile favorite dish into the Turkey Day festivities: Garlic Knot and Sausage Stuffing. Yes, it's pizza-flavored stuffing for Thanksgiving. More

I can not possibly put down enough words of praise of this dish. I won't even try. Instead, I will say this: it is the best thing I have ever made. (And I have made a whole lot of stuff!) More

The meat is moist and tender thanks to a brine and the cornbread-cranberry stuffing is rich and flavorful. The turkey breasts hit all the right notes for a Thanksgiving dinner, just on a smaller scale than an entire bird. More

Feel free to vary the flavorings as desired. Omit ginger and thyme and replace with other herbs or spices (orange zest works well, as does star anise, fennel, chilies, etc.). For tips on how to cut carrots, check out our Knife Skills: Carrots, and for ginger, our Knife Skills: Ginger guides. More

For this variation add spices like cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves as well as orange juice and zest, then finish it off with a bit of spiced rum. The end result is incredible: a cranberry sauce that has a multidimensional array of seasonal flavors that fits seamlessly into any Thanksgiving meal. More

Created by Campbell's in 1955, the original recipe uses canned green beans and canned cream of mushroom soup. While de-glutening the recipe, I replaced the canned soup with an easy-to-make white sauce and chopped mushrooms. More

[Photograph: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Check out other recipes from My All-Pie Thanksgiving Fantasy » About the author: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is the Managing Editor of Serious Eats where he likes to explore the science of home cooking in his weekly... More

[Photograph: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Check out other recipes from My All-Pie Thanksgiving Fantasy » About the author: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is the Managing Editor of Serious Eats where he likes to explore the science of home cooking in his weekly... More

[Photograph: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Check out other recipes from My All-Pie Thanksgiving Fantasy » About the author: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is the Managing Editor of Serious Eats where he likes to explore the science of home cooking in his weekly... More