Thanksgiving Headquarters
Calling all cooks! This is your Thanksgiving Headquarters—everything you need to know about turkeys, stuffings, side dishes and desserts. Whether you're cooking your first or your fortieth Thanksgiving, we've got all the how-to's, kitchen tips, and recipes right here.
For a traditional turkey dinner, don't miss the Perfect Turkey Handbook and the Thanksgiving No-Brainer. If you want to do something different for Thanksgiving, scan further down this page for links to some alternatives. In either case, we make it easy to have a Happy Thanksgiving.

The Perfect Turkey Handbook
includes:Preface: Safety Tips Before Cooking
Chapter 1. Buying a Turkey
Chapter 2. Storing an Uncooked Turkey
Chapter 3. Thawing a Frozen Turkey
Chapter 4. Stuffing a Turkey (or Not)
Chapter 5: Preparing the Turkey for Roasting
Chapter 6: Roasting the Turkey
Chapter 7: How to Tell When It's Done
Chapter 8: Making the Gravy
Chapter 9: Carving the Bird
Chapter 10: Storing Leftovers & Food Safety After Cooking
Bonus: Using a Meat Thermometer
The Thanksgiving No-Brainer
A Step-by Step Guide to a Complete Meal in Four Hours
includes:
About the Thanksgiving No-Brainer
A Thanksgiving Celebration: Menu & Invitation
The Thanksgiving Shopping List
Batterie de Cuisine
Timetable For a Thanksgiving Dinner
Cornbread-Water Chestnut Dressing
Herb Seasoned Roast Turkey
Cranberry-Orange Relish
Quick Turkey Stock
Giblet Gravy
Green Beans & Pecans Salad
Kate's Global Kitchen Thanksgiving Columns
Autumn Side Dishes: Harvest Jewels
My, My American Pie: Pie-Making Pointers
Includes Award-Winning Pie Recipes
Stuffing Tips and Free-Form Techniques, including:
Aloha Bread and Macademia Stuffing
French Apple-Walnut-Rosemary Stuffing
Better Tasting Turkeys: Drowning and Browning the Bird
Alice Waters' Brined Turkey
Father Orsini's Roast, Stuffed Turkey with Bacon
Turkey + 3 Ingredients = Luscious Leftovers
Mooshu Turkey
Turkey in Saffron Cream Sauce
Portable Thanksgiving Side-Dishes
Breads of the Americas
Dishes with Oranges and Persian Flavors
Asian Vegetable Medley
Exotic Encores with Luscious Leftovers
Thanksgiving Cookbooks
- Sautéed Green Beans with Shallot Crisps
- Italian Sausage, Mushroom and Sage Stuffing
- Roast Turkey Breast for a Small Gathering
Turkey Tetrazzini Gratin
Chef Jimmy Schmidt's Turkey Recipes:
- Top 10 Turkey Secrets
- Roast Turkey
- Roast Turkey with Maple Glaze, Pears & Bourbon
- Roast Breast of Turkey with Apple Cider
- Thanksgiving Planning Countdown
- Winter Chopped Salad
- Roast Duck Legs with Caramelized Shallots and Garlic
- Savory Bread Pudding with Bacon, Peppers, and Spinach
- Bubby's All Butter Pastry Pie Dough
- Bubby's All-Fruit Mincemeat
- Small Mince Pocket Pies with Clotted Cream
- Apple-Caramel Upside-Down Pie (Tarte Tatin)
Other Recipes
Pheasants and Other Turkey Alternatives
- Recipes to cook your goose—or your duck, pheasant or guinea hen
Smashing Pumpkins...and Other Culinary Acts
- A collection of pumpkin recipes
- Including recipes
Turkey Cooking Methods
- Turkey: Oven Bag Method
- Turkey: Foil Tent Method
- Turkey: Microwave Method
- Turkey: Foil Wrapped Method
- Turkey: Barbecue Method
Holiday and Party Recipes (by holiday and date)
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