Thanksgiving Guide: Recipes, Menus and More

Below you'll find some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes and menus as well as holiday-themed interviews and advice. We all know pulling off a perfect Thanksgiving feast is about planning. See the link to our Thanksgiving Guide: Planning the Perfect Holiday for a full checklist of things you'll want to think about and take care from the beginning of November all the way through the big day. Don't forget to join us live on Thanksgiving day, November 26, 2020, for our annual Turkey Confidential show. This year, because of *everything*, the show won’t be LIVE but Francis will be joined by special guests to take your pre-recorded questions. See our Turkey Confidential 2020 webpage for information on guests. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Recipes

Main Course

• Roast Turkey

• Butterflied Turkey with ­Cranberry-Molasses Glaze

• Slow-Roast Turkey with 40 Cloves of Garlic and White Wine Pan Gravy

• Mexican Thanksgiving Turkey with Chorizo, Pecan, Apple, and Corn Bread Stuffing

• Lynne's Fast and Crisp Roast Turkey Scented with Apple and Basil

• Make-Ahead Turkey Gravy

• White Wine Pan Gravy

Side Dishes

• Three Savory Roasted Veggie Sides

• Rustic Dinner Rolls

• Sourdough Dressing with Kale and Mushrooms

• Grandma Hill's Candied Yams

• Wild Rice Pilaf with Pecans and Dried Cranberries

• Wild Rice and Three Sausage Stuffing

• Butternut Squash Galette with Gruyere

• Classic Sage Dressing

• Golden Mashed Potatoes

• Spiced Cranberry Sauce

• Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Apples, Hazelnuts & Brown Butter Dressing

• No-Knead Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls

• Winter Salad of Greens with Smoked Ham and Pomegranate

• Basic Collard Greens

• Duchess Potatoes

• Cauliflower-Garlic 'Mashed Potatoes'

• Cranberry-Citrus Relish with Pomegranate and Tequila

Desserts

• Maple-Pumpkin Stack Cake

• Goat Cheese Pumpkin Pie

• Pumpkin Pie with Dairy-Free Maple Whip

• Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

• Shoofly Pie

Drinks and Beverages

• Hot Cranberry Punch with Sage and Peppercorns

Leftovers

• Mom's Easy Turkey Broth

• The Ultimate Turkey Sandwich

• The Day-After-Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich

• Turkey & Potato Soup

Past Turkey Confidential Episodes

• Turkey Confidential 2019 featuring Melissa Clark, Kwame Onwuachi, Samin Nosrat and Shauna Sever.

• Turkey Confidential 2018 featuring Dorie Greenspan, Pati Jinich, Samin Nosrat, and Lynne Rossetto Kasper.

• Turkey Confidential 2017 featuring Lidia Bastianich, Marcus Samuelsson, Amy Sedaris, and America's Test Kitchen's Dan Souza.

• Turkey Confidential 2016 featuring America's Test Kitchen's Bridget Lancaster, Mario Batali, Melissa Clark and A Prairie Home Companion's Chris Thile.

• Turkey Confidential 2015 featuring Jacque Pépin, Dave Isay, Nigella Lawson and Andrew Zimmern.

More Thanksgiving-Related Stories 

• Lynne's Twists on Thanksgiving Side Dishes

• This year, roast the turkey while you sleep

• The Fool-Proof Gravy Guide

• Thanksgiving wine tips from Jancis Robinson

• Family affair: for Vivian Howard, sweet potatoes are a point of pride

• Carla Hall brings soul food to the Thanksgiving table

• Step up your gravy game with America's Test Kitchen

• Avoiding dessert disasters with Food52's Kristen Miglore