Fermented Cranberry Sauce Is a Revelation
The Thanksgiving table doesn’t leave a ton of room for real innovation if you’re sticking to the classics. What I feel the spread often lacks is hits of brightness and…
Make This Easy Appetizer Board for Thanksgiving Dinner
For a couple of years now, I have been pushing the idea that it is OK to eat nothing but snacks for supper, but I’d like to take it further:…
The Best Way to Pack Up Your Guests’ Thanksgiving Leftovers
My love for plastic soup containers is well-documented. I think they are the perfect vessel for sending guests home with leftovers, Thanksgiving or otherwise. They’re clear, which means you’re more…
14 Ways to Get Weird With Cranberries
Photo: A.A. Newton For such a simple condiment, cranberry sauce is quite the lightening rod. I have never been able to serve a Thanksgiving meal without including at least two…
13 Exciting Ways to Eat Your Thanksgiving Leftovers
Photo: Claire Lower Thanksgiving leftovers are more fun to eat than the actual, proper Thanksgiving meal. The leftovers are where you can get creative, inspired, and unhinged. Sandwiches, soup, fried…
Add a Little Campari to Your Cranberry Sauce
Photo: Julia Sudnitskaya (Shutterstock) Cranberry sauce is probably the easiest Thanksgiving dish you can make from scratch. Add 12 ounces of cranberries to a pot, along with a cup of…
How Much Food Do You Actually Need for Thanksgiving?
Running out of food has never been a problem at any Thanksgiving dinner I’ve ever attended. I’ve never seen it happen. But if this is your first year hosting or…
13 Foods That Should Be Banned From the Thanksgiving Dinner Table, According to Lifehacker Readers
Image: Julie Vader (Shutterstock) When one commenter, Sweet Trav, wrote, “I adore canned cranberry sauce. Better than homemade 100% of the time,” we thought he was but stirring the Kinja…
What You Should Do Two Weeks Before Thanksgiving
Photo: Alex Tihonovs (Shutterstock) The second week in November is a weird one. Thanksgiving looms, but it’s still too early to shop for perishables. You could probably do absolutely nothing…
What Foods Should Be Forever Banned From the Thanksgiving Dinner Table?
Photo: Bochkarev Photography (Shutterstock) Now that October is behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the next holiday on which we can gorge ourselves silly: Thanksgiving. While Halloween…