The Whisky-Tea Highball I'll Be Sipping This Thanksgiving

We teamed up with Johnnie Walker to share a cocktail that's a twist on the old-school highball. With a mix of smoky flavor, ginger, and spice, it's a cozy special-occasion drink you can sip throughout the holidays and beyond. For me, Thanksgiving has always been about gathering with and giving to others. I’ve been hosting and cooking a Thanksgiving...

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11 Handy Sugar Substitutes to Keep in the Pantry (and the Fridge!)

Last weekend, I broke the number one rule I share with everyone who asks me for baking advice: to make sure you have all your ingredients before starting the recipe. But there I was, halfway through cracking an egg, when I looked over to the shelf where I keep dry ingredients to see my sugar jar woefully near-empty. I wasn’t about to sprint to the grocery...

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The Most Popular Thanksgiving Dish in Your State

Photo by satelliteinternet.com There’s one side dish that my family’s Thanksgiving table is never complete without. My grandmother’s mashed rutabagas, or “rooties” as we call them, are like Lindsay Lohan at a nightclub circa 2005: always making an appearance. We might fry the turkey or dry-brine it, we might sub Brussels sprouts for green...

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How to Make Sauce Out of Your Pan's Brown Bits (a.k.a Fond)

Inspired by conversations on the Food52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun. Today: Don't wash away them most flavorful bits in your pan. They're called fond, and they're the start of a very good pan sauce. Here's what you need to know. Read More >>

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Making Chicken for Thanksgiving? Brine It in Olive Juice.

A Big Little Recipe has the smallest-possible ingredient list and big everything else: flavor, creativity, wow factor. That means five ingredients or fewer—not including water, salt, black pepper, and certain fats (like oil and butter), since we're guessing you have those covered. This week, we’re wet-brining without the fuss. By this time each...

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The Surprising Baking Tool That's an Organizer's Dream

Until recently, I believed that I was immune to the “Target spell”. The phenomenon of walking into a Target thinking you’re going to walk out with the dish soap you needed, and only the dish soap you needed, but walking out with a yoga mat, an impossibly fuzzy blanket, and a whole set of acrylic paints—because this quarantine hobby will pan out, right?...

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Erin McDowell's New Cookbook

I baked my first pie alongside my Grandma Jeanne when I was 14 years old. It was for a church social, and she was experimenting with an olive oil crust. I’d always loved cooking and baking, but Grandma’s country kitchen was less stressful than my mother’s, because Grandma was more accepting of a mid-process mess. I distinctly remember the proud feeling...

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Is Your Home Thanksgiving-Ready? Here's Our Checklist

I’ve been thinking a lot lately (as I’m sure many of you have) about how to maintain the nostalgic feeling of the holiday season when things look so completely foreign this year. Thanksgiving, for me, usually meant: waking up just in time to catch the tail-end of the Macy’s parade; kitchen smells indicating my mom’s actually-early call time; and if...

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The Secret to This Amazing Winter Cheese Board? So. Much. Cheddar.

We've partnered with Cabot Creamery Co-operative to show you how to create a showstopping cheese board with enough flavors and textures to keep you happily snacking all evening. Owned by a co-op of farm families, Cabot is the world’s first dairy co-op to be B-corp certified, so we feel even better about including it on our boards. Here, Marissa Mullen—Food52's...

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A Citrusy Bourbon Cocktail to Serve & Sip on Thanksgiving

We've partnered with Basil Hayden's®—makers of smooth, spicy-sweet Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey that's perfect for mixing into cocktails or drinking neat—to celebrate special moments with friends and family. Throughout the season, we'll be highlighting delicious ideas for enjoying bourbon with your closest loved ones at small, intimate gatherings,...

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