All of the information, techniques and recipes you need to prepare a successful, delicious meal! Please feel free to use these links as a resource in your holiday meal preparation, and enjoy the fruits of your labor with friends and family surrounding you on this day. Here’s to you!
- countdown to thanksgiving — how to get everything on the table without having your hair on FIRE!
- video — how to brine
- video — how to truss a turkey
- how to roast turkey
- turkey roasting tips & timetable
- video — using an instant-read thermometer
- video — starch thickener for perfect gravy
- perfect gravy — it’s all about the sauce!
- WOW! sautéed cherry sauce on baked brie appetizer
- baked brie with brandied cranberries
- speaking of cranberries — cranberry jalapeño relish
- marvelous make ahead mashed potatoes
- using a potato ricer
- roasted squash risotto (great for vegetarian diners!)
- video — risotto
- braised beets with balsamic & chives
- yams or sweet potatoes
- video — pie pastry
- chef pam’s buttermilk pie
- rhubarb pie
- pumpkin ginger panna cotta
- triple ginger pumpkin tartlets
- cranberry ice
- video — whipping & folding technique — wondrous whipped cream
- make ahead whipped cream — oh yeah!