November Eats

Completely revised and updated with new recipes and information, two classic cookbooks to make the holidays delicious, simple, festive, and fun

One of the most popular cooking teachers in America, Rick Rodgers has taught his Thanksgiving 101 classes for years, and now he's collected all of his know-how, classic recipes, menu ideas, timetables, hints, and shortcuts in one indispensable volume. From shopping through chopping, from making flawless

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While Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for family, Friendsgiving gives us an opportunity to be thankful for friends. You won't need to be a perfect host or slave over a stove for days. This practical guide will give you the insight and advice for creating a fun, unforgettable occasion to eat and drink with friends. Tap into your own creativity with an offering of diverse recipes, from classic turkey and stuffing to modern global-inspired menus...

"From one of America's finest food writers, the former restaurant critic for The New York Times, comes a definitive, timeless guide to Thanksgiving dinner--preparing it, surviving it, and pulling it off in style. From the planning of the meal to the washing of the last plate, Thanksgiving poses more--and more vexing--problems for the home cook than any other holiday. In this smartly written, beautifully illustrated, recipe-filled book, Sam Sifton,...

A one-stop shop for the perfect Thanksgiving, with over 25 classic recipes from America’s Test Kitchen

Choosing 25 recipes from the hundreds of Thanksgiving recipes we've developed over the years was a difficult task, so we concentrated on the classic recipes that home cooks say are their "go-to" favorites—the recipes that their families and friends look forward to seeing on the holiday table year after year:

5 turkey

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"Some food historians say that 1491 to 1493 are the years the world began in terms of food, that is. Prior to 1492, eight plants-corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao-existed only in the Americans. Italy didn't have the tomato; Ireland didn't have the potato, nor Russia the vodka distilled from it; and there were no chiles in South Asia. When these ingredients crossed the ocean, they drastically transformed the way the Old...

"From Freddie Bitsoie, the former executive chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and James Beard Award-winning author James O. Fraioli, New Native Kitchen is a celebration of Indigenous cuisine. Accompanied by original artwork by Gabriella Trujillo and offering delicious dishes like Cherrystone Clam Soup from the Northeastern Wampanoag and Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin from the Pueblo peoples,...