Food! Glorious Food! — The Two Fowl Edition

Turkey Trouble? At Butterball, Operators Are Still Standing By

As Thanksgiving looms, no algorithm can comfort hordes of harried cooks like the 38-year-old Turkey Talk-Line.


At the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, outside Chicago, the calls start at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day and end only when the experts leave at 6 p.m.Credit…
By KIM SEVERSON

FOOD MATTERS

How Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires

From turmeric in Nicaragua to cardamom in Guatemala, nonnative ingredients are redefining trade routes and making unexpected connections across lands.
By LIGAYA MISHAN

How Jell-O Molds Claimed Their Spot on the American Table

All aquiver for the holidays, festive molds and gelatin salads are a Thanksgiving staple with deep origins.

This modern holiday Jell-O mold is a bit less sweet and has more natural fruit juice than the classics, but is still extravagantly festive.
Ashley Baker is a law student in Colorado who holds an annual potluck Friendsgiving feast, for which she does all the desserts. This year, instead of pumpkin pie, she’s making pumpkin spice Jell-O shots with Kahlúa, vodka and cream. “P.S.L. Jell-O shots go really well with other desserts,” she said. (P.S.L., or pumpkin spice latte flavor, doesn’t necessarily include either pumpkin or coffee; it’s a mix of cinnamon, ginger, vanilla and nutmeg that used to be called pie spice.)

“This way I don’t have to make pumpkin pie,” Ms. Baker said. “No one ever ate it anyway.”

By Julia Moskin

A Few Words of Thanksgiving Advice

A mantra for the next 24 hours: Everything is going to be all right.
By SAM SIFTON

How Six Different Cooks Set Striking Thanksgiving Tables

We asked holiday hosts around the country to show us how they serve the feast.


By CHRISTINE MUHLKE

C.D.C. Reports More E. Coli Illnesses Linked to Romaine Lettuce

The agency said the outbreak had affected 19 states and resulted in 39 people being hospitalized.
By ABDI LATIF DAHIR

MONTREAL DISPATCH

A Montreal Bagel War Unites Rival Kings

A culinary symbol of Montreal has become ensnared in a battle pitting environmentalists against bagel-loving traditionalists.
By DAN BILEFSKY

Welcome to Redditsgiving!

Interacting with guests you invited online can be less stressful than being with family.
By ALYSON KRUEGER

EAT

What Do You Do With an Unripe Mango? Pickle It

Traditional recipes for amba take days. But this hacked recipe delivers the condiment’s hot, sour, salty tang in less than an hour.
By TEJAL RAO

Red Tacos Ride in from the West Coast

Tortillas dipped in chile-stained fat combine with Tijuana-style birria de res to make the year’s most talked-about tacos.

OUT THERE

In Praise of Lumpy Gravy From the Cosmic Kitchen

Without that texture, there’d be none of us.
By DENNIS OVERBYE

FRONT BURNER

New Scissors Reporting for Kitchen Duty
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER

Seedless Lemons Make Squeezing a Breeze

Wonderful Seedless Lemons, from the producer of Pom Wonderful, are available from November to May.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER

These Cocktail Cherries Have More Holiday Cheer


Bathed in American whiskey, these cherries from Dirty Sue work well in a manhattan or alongside holiday meats.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER

Learn to Make Vegan Sushi


“Sushi Modoki,” a new cookbook, offers insights for creating nigiri, rolls, chirashi and molded sushi without meat.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Get Ready!

Thanksgiving is almost here: Keep it simple in advance of the big push with one-pot spaghetti, or loaded nachos.
By SAM SIFTON

Our Best Thanksgiving Recipes: Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Pumpkin Pie and More

We have every recipe you need to host the best Thanksgiving yet.
By MARGAUX LASKEY

Our Best Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes

We have main dish ideas and all of the classic Thanksgiving recipes you need to host a fantastic meat-free feast.
By MARGAUX LASKEY

Turn back-of-the-package recipes into a memorable Thanksgiving meal with these simple upgrades


By Becky Krystal

The No-Turkey Zone

We’ve got all the sharp, bright flavors you need to make sure all your other meals next week taste nothing like Thanksgiving.

1. French Onion Macaroni and Cheese

2. Quick Lamb Ragù

3. Coconut-Lime Shrimp

4. Vegetarian Bean and Cheese Enchiladas

5. Roasted Salmon Glazed With Brown Sugar and Mustard

By EMILY WEINSTEIN

Leftovers Never Tasted This Good

Gabrielle Hamilton’s latest recipe is for risotto al salto, a pancake made with day-old risotto Milanese.
By SAM SIFTON

A GOOD APPETITE
Your Thanksgiving May Be Classic, but Your Leftovers Don’t Have to Be
There are no rules to making turkey sandwiches: Pack them with bright flavors, and salty pickles.


This take on the Cubano substitutes sliced turkey for pork, but retains the cheese, ham and pickles
By Melissa Clark

THE T LIST

The T List: What to See, Drink and Wear This Week

A nonalcoholic aperitif, Mike Kelley’s “paintings” and more ideas from the editors of T Magazine.

When ‘Drinks’ Is the Only Box Left Unchecked

Last-minute decision-making for Thanksgiving beverages does not have to be an ordeal. But you do need to make a few choices.
By Eric Asimov

THE POUR

The Best Wine Books Are Not Always About Wine


The top picks from 2019 include volumes on cider that have a lot to teach wine lovers, along with stories about sommeliers and essential new texts.
By ERIC ASIMOV

The Trick to Hosting a Better Holiday Party

Batch drinks let you make a perfect drink for every single person in the room simultaneously — including yourself.


Make big batches of cocktails like martinis and Boulevardiers for a holiday party and you’ll barely have to think about drinks all night.
By REBEKAH PEPPLER