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The Holiday

Traditions and Good Things
• Rethinking Tradition: Making Thanksgiving Your Own
• The Thanksgiving Report: A Pie Breakfast
• From The Kitchn: A Few Things That Make Us Feel Thankful (2008 Edition)
• Thanksgiving Morning: What's Your Tradition?
• Ethnic Thanksgiving: What Does Your Family Serve?
• Tryptophan and Post-Thanksgiving Sleepiness

Planning and Practicality
• Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Get Ready for Thanksgiving
• Cooking for a Crowd: How To Cook a Stress-Free Feast
• Stock Up On Nuts Now!
• A Low-Stress Thanksgiving: Recipes, Tips, and Advice
• Quick Meals for Pre-Thanksgiving Eating

Smaller-Scale Celebrations
• What Should I Cook for a Smaller Thanksgiving Dinner?
• Good Question: Thanksgiving Dinner for Two

The Table

Table Decor and Inspiration
• Placecards for the Thanksgiving Table
• Setting the Table: Showcasing Special Family Dishes
• Stylish Gravy Boats
• Napkin Rings Made from Felt
• Seckel Pear Place Settings
• Readers' Thanksgiving Tables
• Placesettings for Thanksgiving and Other Holidays
• The Cook's Guide to an Easy, Elegant Holiday Table

The Meal

Tips and Good Ideas
• What to Do if You Don't Have a Roasting Rack
• Warm The Plates
• Borrow a Roasting Pan (or Lend Yours Out)
• Technique: Thickening Gravy with Stuffing

Menus
• The Last Minute Thanksgiving: Traditional Menu
• The Last Minute Thanksgiving: Non-Traditional Menu
• Domino's One-Hour Thanksgiving

Turkey
• On Ordering a Turkey Online
• Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Braised Turkey
• Where Should I Buy My (Organic) Thanksgiving Turkey?
• Turkey Giblets: We Wuz Robbed
• How Are You Cooking Your Turkey?
• How To Cut Up a Turkey Before Roasting?
• Good Question: Cranberry Cajun Turkey Injection Marinade?
• Brining The Bird

Alternate Main Dishes
• Thanksgiving for Every-vore: Turkey Breast and Delicata Squash Stuffed with Apple Cornbread Dressing
• Savory Stuffed Pumpkin
• Stuff a Vegetable Instead

Sides - Traditional
• Gallery: Thanksgiving Potato Recipes
• How to Cook the Sweetest Sweet Potatoes
• 12 Fresh, Sweet, and Festive Cranberry Recipes
• Cranberry Sauce with Port and Dried Figs
• Turkey Gravy from Scratch
• Recipes for Thanksgiving Side Dishes
• Fresh Cranberry Relish
• Potato Dough Rolls
• Roasted Butternut Squash Puree with Goat Cheese
• How Do You Make Your Stuffing?
• Modern Green Bean Casserole
• D.I.Y. Cranberry Sauce
• Modern Ambrosia
• Puréed Parsnips

Sides - Alternatives
• 5 Alternatives to Sweet Potato Casserole
• 5 Alternatives to Green Bean Casserole
• 5 Alternatives to Creamed Pearl Onions
• 5 Alternatives to Cranberry Relish
• 5 Alternatives to Green Bean Casserole

Trimmings
• Help Me Think of Thanksgiving-Themed Finger Foods!
• Simple Roasted Pears
• Homemade Candy Corn (and Candy Dough!)
• Gallery: Holiday Appetizers from The Kitchn

Sweets
• Cranberry and Chocolate: Decadent Thanksgiving Desserts
• Break with Tradition: 6 Unconventional Thanksgiving Pies
• Pumpkin Pie Five Ways
• Sugar and Spice Pumpkin Pie
• Pumpple Pie (Pumpkin & Apple!)
• Pumpkin Crumb Cakes
• Cranberry Cake

Drinks
• Thanksgiving Wines: Simple, On Budget, and American
• Non-Alcoholic (Yet Special!) Sips for the Holidays
• Spiked Hot Apple Cider?
• Thanksgiving Wines: Keep it Simple

Happy Thanksgiving-planning! It's a week away - tell us all about your own plans!