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Rememberance of Thanksgivings Past

Do you have your Thanksgiving menu worked out? Hopefully you do. But if you don’t, here’s  help! We’ve done a lot of Thanksgiving meals over the years here in the Yankee kitchen, and I’ve collected some recipes that happen to by my personal favorites. So if you’re looking for that great turkey or side dish […]

By Amy Traverso|Nov 22 2011| Print icon

A roasted turkey on a platter surrounded by vegetables, apple slices, and garnishes. Background includes a bowl of stuffing, a bowl of cranberries, a loaf of bread, and various sauces.

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Do you have your Thanksgiving menu worked out? Hopefully you do. But if you don’t, here’s  help! We’ve done a lot of Thanksgiving meals over the years here in the Yankee kitchen, and I’ve collected some recipes that happen to by my personal favorites. So if you’re looking for that great turkey or side dish or pumpkin pie, here are some recipes worth trying. In fact, they’d make a lovely menu if you put them all together. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Sam Hayward’s Brined Turkey Cornbread and Sausage Dressing Chai-Spiced Orange-Cranberry Sauce Creamed Brussels Sprouts and Pearl Onions with Wildflower Honey Pumpkin Chiffon Pie with Sweet Walnut Crust Orange-Bourbon Sweet Potato Pie    

Amy Traverso

Amy Traverso is the senior food editor at Yankee and cohost of the public television series Weekends with Yankee, a coproduction with GBH. Previously, she was food editor at Boston magazine and an associate food editor at Sunset magazine. Her work has also been published in The Boston Globe, Saveur, and Travel & Leisure, and she has appeared on Hallmark Home & Family, The Martha Stewart Show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. Amy is the author of The Apple Lover’s Cookbook, which was a finalist for the Julia Child Award for best first-time author and won an IACP Cookbook Award in the “American” category.

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