Tag Archives: thanksgiving

Stuffing Wars: Mrs. Cinquino’s Recipe Wins Them All!

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Rick

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 …

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The Cranberry Sauce Controversy (with Poll and Recipe!)

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Rick

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 …

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How to Find and Cook an Organic Turkey

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Rick

As Barbra Kingsolver writes so charmingly in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, turkey farming is a brutal business—unless you can find an organic, preferably small-farm, source. My mother raises turkeys every year on her farm, and the birds are surprisingly sociable, friendly, …

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