Special Feature: Thanksgiving

Your turn to cook? The City Cook can help with tips for menu planning, recipes, buying ingredients, ordering ahead, and budgeting your Thanksgiving dinner.

Podcasts

How to Buy and Cook a Turkey
Butcher Marc Reyes, head of Eli's Manhattan's meat department, tells you what you need to know before you order, buy and cook your holiday turkey.

Choosing Wine For Thanksgiving
Andy Fisher of Astor Wines & Spirits/Astor Center chooses wines for our most iconic meal.

Book Review

Cookbook Review: How to Cook a Turkey
From the editors and contributors of Fine Cooking magazine, a year-round guide to holiday cooking for both the novice and experienced city cook.

Articles

Your Turn To Cook? A Thanksgiving Planner
Tips for Menu Planning, Ordering Ahead, And Budgeting Your Thanksgiving Meal.

Thanksgiving Menu Ideas
Ideas for planning your holiday menu.

How To Carve A Turkey
From Cooks.com, a method for carving a turkey or chicken.

What's In Season: Cranberries
They're more than just for sauce with your holiday turkey.

Ordering Holiday Pies and Desserts
It's deadline time for ordering holiday pies and desserts from New York's best bakeries.

New York's Best Butchers
Where to buy a holiday turkey, roasts, game and meats for both special meals and every day.

How to Buy a Turkey
Here's what you need to know before ordering your holiday turkey and a list of some of the city's best butchers.

Leftover Recipes
What to do with holiday leftovers.

Recipes

Baked Potato Chips
These crispy potato slices taste like you're being wicked but since they're baked and made with just a little olive oil, there's less damage.

Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed With Cheese
The combination of the sweet date with the smoky bacon and salty cheese will make these bite-sized jewels a favorite hors d'oeuvre.

Cheddar Wafers
Savory cheese "cookies" made with cheddar cheese and a touch of cayenne. Excellent with a cocktail or a glass of sweet lemonade.

Cheese Straws
A quick yet favorite hors d'oeuvre made with frozen puff pastry and grated cheese.

Cream of Carrot and Lemon Soup
With a bright, rich flavor -- and no cream -- plus a beautiful orange color, this is probably my favorite soup. It's easy to make and it freezes well.

Endive, Pear and Roquefort Salad
A French salad that combines bitter endive with slices of sweet and juicy pears and the salty flavor of Roquefort cheese.

The Best Method For Roasting Turkey
A proven method for making a perfect roasted turkey.

Basic Mashed Potatoes
An easy-to-make favorite made better with small details.

Green Beans With Shallots and Lemon Butter
Tender green beans are dressed with a slick of melted butter and tiny diced raw shallots.

Roasted Beet Purée
A purée of roasted beets brightened with roasted tomatoes and a touch of orange juice.

Cranberry Pecan Conserve
An easy alternative to traditional cranberry sauce.

Apple Crisp
Thanks to the year-round supply of Granny Smith apples, this dessert can be perfectly made at any time.

Cranberry Walnut Squares
A cross between a bar cookie and an upside down cake, both sweet and tangy.