by Brian | Nov 20, 2023 | Holidays, Recipes, Thanksgiving
For most of our lives, we stuffed the Thanksgiving Turkey with — drumroll — stuffing. Now we know that it is a safety issue and we need to cook our stuffing outside the turkey. And that gives us some opportunity, for variety and for spacing out the work of the...
by Brian | Nov 28, 2019 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving and you want to make some stuffing. Not just any stuffing. But something with pizazz. You may have a favorite recipe. Maybe your family would rebel if you did not serve it. Maybe everyone in your family is secretly bored with it. Now you know...
by Brian | Nov 25, 2019 | Recipes
I know. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy are the centerpiece of the Thanksgiving table. Time to nudge them aside. He’s a side dish with color and character. It’s quite beautiful and, quite honestly, could be the main course. But, it’s Thanksgiving so we...
by Brian | Nov 18, 2019 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
Ah, rice. Is there anything more innocent looking than rice? And when the cooking is done? Fire from China, richness from Thailand, gooey complexity from Louisiana, … Rice is a platform used worldwide to provide, not just sustenance, but excellence. This recipe...
by Brian | Nov 1, 2019 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
And how big is your Thanksgiving going to be? That picture is from 2017 when the Butterball folks came to Cooking by the Book for two days of Butterball University. They were schooling journalists in every aspect of turkey cooking: how to roast, stuff and even...