Every year, we look forward to Thanksgiving leftovers almost as much as the main meal. We take pleasure in eating pancakes embellished with cranberry sauce, crispy pan-fried stuffing and mashed potatoes, and, of course, turkey sandwiches. Need some inspiration for your leftovers? Whether you're in the mood to eat lighter or want to continue indulging – pie shakes, anyone? – check out our collection of recipes and tips… More

It's the Monday before Thanksgiving, and we're excited for a whole week of holiday food, warmth, and good company. This is one of our favorite times of the year, and we love all the collegial chatter that goes on among all of us who love food and look forward to helping create a feast for our friends and loved ones. So we're taking a look back at some of the questions that come up this time of year and rounding them all up in one place.

This is both a resource and a roundtable for Thanksgiving talk — there are tips here for cooking your turkey and making your gravy, but also some thoughtful reader discussions on how best to accommodate gluten-free guests, and ideas for having a smaller or solo Thanksgiving. Read on, and if you have questions (or answers!) to add to this list, please contribute in the comments. More

Are you roasting a whole turkey for the first time this year? Or perhaps you've done this many times before, but you want a quick refresher to brush up on the basics? We'll help you make your mama proud with these step-by-step instructions for roasting a delicious turkey. Here's our super basic, super simple, super easy tutorial for roasting a super beautiful turkey this Thanksgiving. More

Much of the challenge associated with Thanksgiving has little to do with recipes or actual cooking; culinarily-speaking, it's a pretty straightforward meal. Logistically, however, cooking so many dishes for a large crowd of people can feel overwhelming. Here's one question that invariably comes up: How do I keep the turkey warm while getting the rest of the meal on the table? More

The deeply browned and greasy scrapings from the bottom of the roasting pan might not look like much when you first take the turkey out of the oven. But those drippings are Thanksgiving manna. Let's make some gravy. More

While mashed potatoes are delicious all year round, they are most in demand at Thanksgiving dinner, where for many people they're as necessary as turkey and gravy.

The perfect mashed potatoes are in the eye of the beholder: Lumpy, creamy, fluffy, full of butter and dairy, or made vegan with olive oil — people get a little persnickety about how they should turn out. And about how to get them to their mashed state to begin with.

How do you make your mashed potatoes? Got a method or tool you swear by?

So much of Thanksgiving is ordered and planned like a ritual: The sweet potatoes, the turkey, the gravy. But what about the salad? Many Thanksgiving menus don't include a salad at all — a hot and gooey green bean casserole is the closest you get. But I think that a salad is a crucial element of a rich meal like the one we enjoy on Thanksgiving.

A fresh, crisp salad cleanses the palate and helps you appreciate those creamy potatoes even more. A salad also looks beautiful on a Thanksgiving buffet: Kale slaw with gleaming wedges of citrus really stands out, especially when nestled in between white potatoes and brown gravy! And it doesn't take long to throw together a great salad -- you can toss it, dress it, and plate it up at the last minute. More

Looking for drinks to serve a crowd this Thanksgiving? Or maybe just to toast a romantic dinner for two? Something traditional? Or perhaps something with a more modern twist? Here are 12 Thanksgiving cocktail ideas from The Kitchn's archives that we hope will inspire you. More

It's the month of the pumpkin, as we perfect our pumpkin pies, and line up fat-bellied orange gourds on our front stoops, welcoming guests with this most cheery of vegetables. If you're looking for one more way to get your pumpkin fix, may I suggest these pumpkin crumb cakes? They're delicate and moist, with a thick vein of spiced pumpkin filling running through the middle, and if you squint just a little bit you might even be able to pass them off as a breakfast food. More

Sometimes, you've got to let things go. For instance, if you're set on convincing your family that homemade stuffing can rock way more than anything in a bag: let it go. If you have a competition with said family and a blind taste test and you end up losing: it's time to let it go. If you keep coming back thinking this could be the year it all changes, it's really time to let it go. More