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November 06, 2009

Thanksgiving Guide 2009: What the Food Magazines Are Recommending

172 Recipes From 9 Leading Food Magazines

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Thanksgiving is food magazines' time to shine. In years past, many of the food mags we read have used their November issues to really push the limits with innovative spins on Thanksgiving faves.

Sure, there are usually plenty of approachable standbys. But the classics usually sit alongside some really envelope-pushing ideas: Throw a Thanksgiving clambake! How about a Pacific Rim-fusion dinner? Truffle-laden turkey! Indian-spiced sweet potato gnocchi!! Vegan French-Vietnamese gluten-free stuffing!!!

Not so this year. From the looks of this year's crop of Thanksgiving food mags, 2009 is all about simplicity and basic, standard dishes. It's the Great Recession, and everybody just wants a big ol' piece of pumpkin pie.

Just look at what the magazines call out from the newsstands:

Martha Stewart Living: "Thanksgiving, simple and sensational"

Fine Cooking: "All the classics made easy"

Food Network: "Easy Thanksgiving"

Bon Appétit: "Thanksgiving made easy"

Everyday Food: "A Thanksgiving menu that's easy to make"

We have nine November issues in front of us, and nearly all of them are focused on "traditional" menus that are very straightforward.

The food magazines may have stuck to the classics this year, but that doesn't mean the options are limited. In the nine magazines we have, there are, in fact, 172 Thanksgiving recipes.

All those options can leave you more than a little stressed out. It's all too easy to get wrapped up in the idea that Thanksgiving has to be perfect and if you don't select the right stuffing recipe, your mother-in-law will break into tears at the table.

But fear not!  We've cataloged all 172 options below so that you, dear reader, can browse this year's recipes and make some selections for yourself. Over the next three weeks, we're going to be cooking and writing as many recipes as we can fit in. We'll post our photos and let you know how they turn out.

And as you're gearing up for the holiday, if you have questions, post them here and we'll do our best to answer them.

Okay, ready for the recipes?

Before we get to the 2009 recipes, here are a few links you may find useful in planning your own meal.

Recap of what we cooked for Thanksgiving in 2008: 

Recap and Roundup of Food Magazine Recipes from 2008:


2009 ROUND-UP OF FOOD MAGAZINE RECOMMENDATIONS

Recipes without hyperlinks are only available in the print issues. If you're particularly drawn to recipes here from a certain magazine, we recommend picking up an issue this week, before they're off newsstands. After all, there is no better food porn than the November issues of these magazines.

SOUPS


STARTERS
SALADS
TURKEY


STOCKS AND GRAVY

VEGETARIAN MAINS


POTATO SIDES


OTHER SIDES


BREADS
STUFFINGS & DRESSINGS
CRANBERRY SAUCES, CHUTNEYS AND RELISHES
DESSERTS

Posted at 01:25 PM in -- Appetizers --, -- Desserts & Sweets --, -- Entrees -- , -- Salads -- , -- Side Dishes -- , Bon Appétit, Cook's Illustrated, Everyday Food, Fine Cooking, Food & Wine, Food Network Magazine, Gourmet, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur |

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