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Monthly Columnists:
 Lea Schneider is a member of the National
Association of Professional Organizers and the Association of Food
Journalists.
Her advice has been seen in Woman’s Day,
Natural Health, and Better Homes and Gardens Kids’ Rooms magazines.
Check out all of Lea Schneider's monthly helpful
Organizing Kitchens, Pantries, Menus and Meals
columns.
Latest
Column:
Getting ready for Thanksgiving
is a big kitchen project. There's menu making, grocery shopping, seating
arrangements, and we haven't even started to talk about cooking. Check out
these to-do lists:
 Doc Lawrence, veteran food and
wine journalist, based in Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale. He writes and lectures about wine and food, theater, travel and cultural
tourism, visual art, and music.
Check out all of Doc's monthly
Sips Across America columns.
Latest
Column:
Thanksgiving with Fine Wines - The
All-American Dinner Deserves Our Best Bottles of Wine
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The
year is winding down and we’ll help it go in high style. Soon, gatherings
will become homecomings highlighted by feasts. We spent a year dealing with adversity
and triumph, accepting everything with equanimity, and now we plunge into
the Thanksgiving holiday. Also includes a recipe
for Grandma's Oyster Dressing.
 Charlotte Bradley has a keen
interest in personal wellness. She enjoys writing about about natural
health issues such as nutrition, massage therapy, aromatherapy,
fitness, meditation, and yoga.
Check out all of Charlotte's monthly helpful
Healthy Lifestyles
columns.
Latest
Column:
A Healthy
Thanksgiving for Mind, Body and Spirit - At Thanksgiving time (in
fact throughout the entire holiday season) it is easy to get caught up in the
excitement and frenzy of it all, sometimes to the detriment of our health.
Holidays are meant to be a time of joy, fun and celebration. We need to figure
out how to balance the craziness of the holidays with our lives so that we can
truly enjoy them.
 Ellen Easton
is an afternoon tea authority, author, columnist, designer,
lecturer, and consultant to leading hotels whose clients have
included The Plaza, The Stanhope, Waldorf-Astoria, and Lady Mendl’s
Tea Room.
Ellen shares her expert knowledge on tea and tea parties.
Plus lots more!
Check out all of Ellen Easton's
Tea Travels™
articles and recipes.
Latest
Column:
The Gift of Good Manners
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There
can be no better gift than the gift of good manners. No child is too
young to begin the learning process of civility and no adult is too old to
refresh one's social skills.
Practicing a few simple rules, in advance, will guarantee that the
guests as well as the hosts will feel comfortable and relaxed at the
holiday table.
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Time to think about planning your Thanksgiving dinner:
 Thanksgiving Day
is the time to gather with your friends and
family, turn on some football, and enjoy your
Thanksgiving meal.
Thanksgiving Planning -
Have a Stress-Free Thanksgiving
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The Thanksgiving
dinner is a simple meal to prepare. All it takes
to pull it off is some advance planning. The
best advice is to write down everything you'll
do and then prioritize according to your needs
and schedule. And, above all, give yourself
ample time to prepare everything; do not "rush
things."
Turkey Terminology - Types
of Turkeys
- Learn the differences between the different types
of turkeys in the marketplace.
Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner
Menu
(with
recipes)
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Check out
some ideas and recipe for your Thanksgiving
dinner menu.
How to cook your Thanksgiving Turkey:
Guidelines
For Roasting a Whole Turkey
- Learn how to safely and easily prepare and roast your turkey.
Oven-Roasted Turkey Tips
Cajun
Fried Turkey
- This way of cooking your turkey is anything but greasy as the
deep-frying process seals the outside and the turkey remains
incredibly juicy, while the skin gets wonderfully crispy.
Barbecued Turkey
- Avoid the mess in
your oven and use your barbecue.
Smoked Turkey
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Enjoy the delicious smell
and taste of the smoked turkey.
Turducken
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What the heck is
that? Well it is a 15 to 16 pound de-boned
turkey (except for wing bones and
drumsticks), a fully hand de-boned duck, and
a fully hand de-boned chicken,
all rolled into one and stuffed with lots of
delicious stuffing.
Tofurky/Tofurkey Recipe
with Vegan Gravy
Pork
for Thanksgiving Dinner:
 Ham
101
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Learn all about the different types of ham and
how to cook them.
Honey-Glazed Ham Dinner
Menu
(with recipes)
Ham and Pork
Recipes
 Roasted Crown of
Pork Loin - Pork Crown
Roast
Truly one of the most magnificent of all holiday entrees!
Impress your guest with this attractive Roasted Crown Loin of Pork. It is a real
show stopper!
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Perfect
Prime Rib Roast (Standing Rib Roast):
What is a Prime Rib Roast?
A tender cut of beef taken from
the rib primal. A Prime
Rib Roast is also often referred to as "Standing Rib Roast."
It is very tender, flavorful, and expensive.
A slice of uncooked prime rib
roast is really a "rib steak" which includes the "rib eye" portion.
A full prime rib/standing rib roast is seven
(7) ribs, close to 15 pounds, and enough to feed a crowd of 14 or more
people (depending on how big of eaters they are).
The term "standing"
means the bones are included in the roast, thus the roast can stand by
itself. A rib roast comprises of seven ribs starting from the shoulder
(chuck) down the back to the loin.
Learn how to cook the
Perfect Prime Rib Roast
for your Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Prime Rib
Dinner
Thanksgiving Dinner
Menu (with recipes)
Prime Rib Dinner
7-course Dinner Menu (with recipes)
Southwest/Mexican
Thanksgiving:
Mexican Americans and others
have put their own gastronomical twist on Thanksgiving meals. These are some of the foods many consider a Thanksgiving meal in the Southwest.
Check out more great
Southwest Recipes.
 Mexican Egg Nog (Rompope)
This is a favorite holiday drink in Mexico, and since
Rompope is
strong and sweet, it is meant to be sipped in small glasses.
Turkey in
Mole Sauce
(Mole Poblano de Guajolote)
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A Southwest and Mexican Thanksgiving favorite.
 Tamales
- Learn how easy it is to make
homemade tamales
to serve for your Thanksgiving dinner.
 Pumpkin Empanadas
Pumpkin empanadas are made both on Thanksgiving and
Christmas for some Mexican-style Thanksgiving Dinners.
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