Stuffing Wars: Mrs. Cinquino’s Recipe Wins Them All!
November 20, 2009
I grew up with my mother’s favorite stuffing, which is really “potato filling.” I never really liked it, and much preferred my grandmother’s Pepperidge Farm stuffing—even though she would put dried apricots in it. But I never liked either stuffing enough to bother getting the recipe. Then I met my husband, and tasted his mother’s Italian sausage stuffing, and I knew I could never live without the recipe in my grubby little hands.
She actually still cooks the stuffing inside the… more
Comments (16)The Cranberry Sauce Controversy (with Poll and Recipe!)
November 18, 2009
Generally, there are three types of people: Those who won’t eat cranberry sauce at all. Those who like it cooked and gelatinous. And those who prefer their sauce raw. I fall firmly into the raw camp. It is simply not a Thanksgiving meal without that tart, sweet, fresh, palate-cleansing, and gorgeously magenta blob of cranberry sauce on my plate.
The recipe I use is easy, but it needs to be made a day or two in advance for the sauce to reach its peak flavor. My mother made it, and now I… more
Comments (22)The Great Thanksgiving Countdown
November 13, 2009
If you are not hosting everyone at your house, consider yourself lucky. You don’t have to clean up the whole house, manage all the expectations, or think about whether or not everything can fit in your stove at the same time. I feel lucky this year because I am going to my brother and sister-in-laws’ house for Thanksgiving. Although luck is a weather-dependent word—they live right outside of Buffalo, NY, and one… more
Comments (1)Brining, Shmining
November 21, 2008
Let’s talk turkey.
Have you ever tried to brine a 28-pound turkey? I’ve done it. I use a cooler. But I have to tell you, it’s a pain in the…honestly, I’ve never been able to taste the difference. I won’t be doing it this year.
Every year around the holidays, magazines and newspapers try to find a new way to talk about turkey. And they find a new way to… more
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