Green chile touches four dishes on an Arizona table
A southwestern thanksgiving menu built around green chile: where posole replaces a starch, the four dishes it touches, and the make-ahead order.
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Seven chiles go into a mole negro and each one has a job
A mole negro recipe built on seven dried chiles, each with a specific job, plus a two-day home version and where to buy the chiles in the United States.
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Brush the miso butter on halfway or it burns
Miso butter salmon on one sheet pan: two vegetables staggered by cook time, and the miso butter brushed on halfway so it glazes instead of burning.
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Why sage, brown butter, and nutmeg run through every fall menu
Sage brown butter and nutmeg, the ratio that works across squash, pasta, poultry, and potatoes, plus the fourth ingredient that keeps it from tasting flat.
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Half the plate can be vegetables and still look like Thanksgiving
Building a healthy thanksgiving plate through proportion, not substitution, so half fills with vegetables and nothing on the table feels taken away.
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Oyster stuffing and creamed onions mostly vanished everywhere else
A new england thanksgiving menu checklist covering oyster stuffing, creamed onions, and brown bread, three dishes worth reviving on any table.
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Pancit, tahdig, and farofa beside the turkey
What an immigrant thanksgiving menu looks like in three American households: pancit, tahdig, and farofa beside the turkey, and what stays or goes.
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Sear the thighs, add cider, finish with grain mustard
Chicken with apples and cider in one pan: seared thighs, a cider reduction, and grain mustard stirred in at the end, no cream needed, in 35 minutes.
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Orange is the default cranberry partner and not the best one
What goes with cranberry, tested across nine pairings against its raw acidity, including two savory directions that work better than orange.
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Six sides where the vegetable is the whole point
Six vegetable thanksgiving sides built to sit next to the traditional dishes, with the oven space each one needs and how far ahead it can be made.
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