Free Thanksgiving Advice
Overwhelmed by Thanksgiving? Well, at least there's plenty of free advice available out there. Whether you're searching for the perfect cocktail to serve, how to spatchcock your bird, what gifts to bring your hosts or where to order Thanksgiving dinner, here are 41 links to advice on the Super Bowl of eating from all the top food sites across the web.
Of course, don't miss The Daily Meal's own comprehensive Guide to Thanksgiving, featuring everything from recipes and menu advice to tips, tools, toasts, and even games.
RECIPES, RECIPES, RECIPES
- From The New York Times, everything Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving Showdown: Who Has the Best Roast Turkey Recipe on the Internet?
- Good-Looking Recipes and More
- 50 Thanksgiving Potluck Recipes Find the perfect dish to contribute to Thanksgiving dinner
- Over-the-Top Ways You Can Make Your Thanksgiving Turkey
- 10 Fast Thanksgiving Side Dishes
- Thanksgiving Greens: Collards, Spinach, Chard, and, of Course, Kale
- Because You Absolutely, Positively, MUST Have Brussels Sprouts
- 7 Non-Traditional Side Dishes for Thanksgiving
- What, You Can't Stand Turkey? Main Course Alternatives to Thanksgiving Turkey
- Side Dishes to Upstage the Thanksgiving Turkey
- 9 Dips to Make for a Thanksgiving Potluck
- If You're Bringing Dessert
- Thanksgiving Hors d'Oeuvres
- 9 Best-Ever Casseroles for a Potluck Thanksgiving
HOW TO
- How to Cook a Spatchcocked Turkey: The Fastest, Easiest Thanksgiving Turkey
- A Lot of Different Ways to Make Turkey... and a Lot of Hate in the Comments
- A Lot of Different Ways to Mash Potatoes
- What Would Ina Do? [Hint: make everything ahead, of course... because she's the Barefoot Contessa.]
- Yeah, Make It Ahead
- The Gravy, too...
- How to Make an Herb Butter-Rubbed Spatchcocked Roast Turkey in Under Two Hours
DRINKING
- Thanksgiving Wine Pairings for Every Course
- Thanksgiving Wines for Under $15
- Thanksgiving Wine Flight: A bottle for each course, $175, but only shipped to Calif., Colo., Wash., N.Y., N.J., Ill., Mo., Idaho, N.M., and D.C.
- Cocktails
- I'll Have What Martha's Drinking...
- Best Thanksgiving Digestifs
- Thanksgiving Dinner in Five Shots I'll be honest: these look just disgusting.
- 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving... What Wine to Drink with Your Pizza?
HEALTHY, GLUTEN-FREE, and PALEO
- Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes
- Gluten-Free Desserts for Thanksgiving
- 6 Tips for Preparing a Paleo Thanksgiving
- Paleo Thanksgiving Recipes
- Gluten-Free Desserts
EVERYTHING ELSE
- A Modern Guide to Thanksgiving Etiquette
- Thanksgiving Gifts
- Your Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet (particularly suited to parents)
- Where to Order Thanksgiving Dinner
- 9 essential Thanksgiving tools
- Crack is Whack Killer toffee. So addictive, you'll understand why they call it crack.
Happy Thanksgiving! Remember: "Life is short. Never waste a meal."