It’s Gobble Gobble time! Thanksgiving is a week away. Here’s some questions that you should ask yourself.
Do you have a menu planned?
Have you gone grocery shopping yet?
Have you visited your local farmer’s market?
Have you checked your pantry for all the spices you need?
How To Choose A Sweet Potato
If you want a sweet potato, look for sweet potatoes that are red or orange. America’s Test Kitchen has a useful guide.
Sides Dishes > Side Chicks
Thanksgiving is always about the sides. Check out these elegant sides from Taste.
Use A Beer Brine For Your Turkey
Chris O’Leary of Brew York is using a beer brine for his family’s Thanksgiving turkey.
New Thanksgiving Recipes
Thanksgiving with family is not the time to experiment with new recipes especially for the traditional turkey and sides. You may have better luck to do that with Friendsgiving. Food and Wine has a list of elite level recipes.
Orphan Thanksgiving
I love that Friendsgiving has taken over the term Orphan Thanksgiving. I wrote a review of Orphan Thanksgiving years ago.
Having Thanksgiving dinner with your family is like feeding tacos to a toddler. After a few pleasant moments, there will be a explosion of crap. So this year, I avoided the crap by staying here in New York and having Thanksgiving dinner with friends. It was so nice to eat, drink and swear as much as I want without criticism from family members. Plus, none of my friends asked me why I wasn't married yet. The only problem I have "Orphan Thanksgiving" is the term itself. It totally blows. It sounds like my friends and I are a bunch of characters from Oliver Twist sitting around the table with Cockney accents begging for more porridge. In fact, we had more food on Thanksgiving than any Orphan Annie could ever imagine. So I suggest a new title like, "Avoid A Meal With Your Family Thanksgiving" or "Thank God, I'm Not At My Folks Thanksgiving." It's wordy, but oh so true.
Thanksgiving with Friends: A. The term “Orphan Thanksgiving”: D.
South To America
Imani Perry has won the 2022 National Book Award for nonfiction for her book, South To America. Imani is my cousin and I am super proud of her. If you have read it, let me know and we can chat about it.
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