Love holiday baking, but short on time? Turn to your freezer for help! Cookies, cakes, cupcakes and even whole pies can be made ahead of time and baked or thawed when you need them, so you'll always have a special dessert on hand, no matter how busy your schedule. More

Hip hip hooray! Here's a gluten-free baking book just in time for the holidays! All your favorites are here, from cutout cookies and rugelach to bûche de noël and pumpkin pie. No need to miss out on tasty holiday treats this year — Gluten-Free Baking for the Holidays will help fill your cookie tray. More

On one of my very first forays into journalism, I was tasked with interviewing some local Atlanta lifestyle celebrities about comfort foods and one interview in particular has stuck with me. This week it once again popped into my mind giving me the ideal drink idea for our 10- Minute Happy Hour. More

For a fun twist on a traditional place card, how about a Polaroid snapshot of your guest? Snap a photo of your guests when they arrive, and then prop the pictures in glasses as place cards. (A few cranberries add a festive touch.) At the end of the night, your guests can either take their picture home or leave it for you to make an album. More

Q: Do you have suggestions for smaller-sized Thanksgiving dishes? My boyfriend and I will be celebrating together in an apartment with a half-stove, so we want to miniaturize traditional Thanksgiving dishes for our small party and space without giving up on variety. Thanks!

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For the past few years I've been in charge of baking the bread for my family's Thanksgiving dinner. My sister usually hosts, but we all split cooking responsibilities, and bread has always been my thing. Due to popular request, I haven't strayed too far from a basic Parker House roll recipe (great for gravy dipping, even better for leftover sandwiches), but I'm really feeling the desire to switch it up this year. These buttermilk biscuits look delicious, and I can't wait to make them. More

I just picked up a few yards of remnant burlap for next to nothing. In a search for how to put it to use, I came across the burlap Thanksgiving tabletop ideas shown here: More

I was a vegetarian for years and years and truthfully, even today, turkey isn't at all my favorite part of Thanksgiving. And ham doesn't do much for me at Christmas. Instead, I tend to geek out over new vegetable side dishes and flavor-filled herby stuffing. But I remember the days where it did feel like vegetarian options were slim at the holiday table. They don't have to be. More

The Thanksgiving Report 2011

Thanksgiving is just 15 days away (doesn't it feel early this year?). We're curious — what are your Thanksgiving Day plans? Are you cooking most of the big meal? Are you simply toting a side dish or two to someone else's home? And, most importantly, is there anything you want to learn or try this year? The Thanksgiving season is jam-packed with recipes and advice from blogs and magazines, so we know there are plenty of resources to find basic help. But is there anything less obvious or more interesting you would like a recipe for? Or maybe you want help cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. What would you like to talk about this year, when it comes to Thanksgiving? More

You guys — it's pumpkin season! Does this excite you? Has the Great Pumpkin arrived at your house this autumn? Are you ready for pumpkin pie? Of course, pumpkin has so much more to offer than just pumpkin pie. Take baked pumpkin steel-cut oatmeal, for instance — a fall dish I look forward to every year. Or soft, cakey pumpkin spice cookies, and pumpkin soup with coconut milk. What about pumpkin rice Krispie treats, and hot pumpkin buttered rum? Are these on your fall menu yet? Cran-walnut pumpkin bread? A French pumpkin bake? Take a look at these, and others — each recipe a tribute to the scrumptious range of possibilities in pumpkin. More