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“This is a recipe that Nick’s mom, Hettie, saw in Gourmet magazine over 35 years ago. She has been making this pie every year for Thanksgiving since Nick was born, and now he makes it for the holiday!” – Rochelle Johnson, Nick’s wife 1¾ cups + 1 Tbsp. flour ¾ […]
“Tina Ujlaki is a legendary and beloved food magazine editor who has been at Food & Wine for more than 30 years. I am lucky to call her a mentor; when she was my boss in the early 1990s, she taught me much about how to dine, not just to […]
“One year I was asked to bring the sweet potato casserole to our large extended family Thanksgiving. When you are asked to bring the sweet potatoes to Thanksgiving dinner, it’s like being asked to bring old Aunt Sally, the distant aunt that always wears the same dress and makes the […]
“I can’t remember a Thanksgiving growing up in Louisville that we didn’t have corn pudding as part of the abundance of good food. And through the years it’s grown to where I hardly ever make or eat it except at Thanksgiving. Simple as any dish on the table, corn pudding […]
In a normal year for Thanksgiving, Billy’s family and friends would head to Holden Beach, where he’s been going since he was born. “We cook a lot of different things throughout the week, but keep Thanksgiving fairly traditional, with one exception. As luck would have it, Holden Beach is home […]
Petite Sirah is a grape that mostly goes unloved. It has the reputation of adding color and body to generic blends, but some wineries have stuck with it as a unique varietal through thick and thin. (One thinks of the massive beauties produced at Stags’ Leap Winery.) But there has […]
“When we opened 411 West, we wanted to offer fresh, housemade pastas, so we invested in a pasta extruding machine from Italy,” says Chapel Hill Restaurant Group’s Greg Overbeck. “But that was only the first step. We needed innovative dishes that would set us apart from other restaurants that offered […]
Celebrate Thanksgiving early tonight at Piedmont. Chef Greg Gettles has created a mouth-watering five-course seasonal menu incorporating ingredients from special guests: handcrafted Foggy Ridge Cider and award-winning lamb producer Craig Rogers of Border Springs, both traveling in from Virginia for the event. The dinner opens with a reception of “serious […]
I have a very soft spot for the red wines of Dão, this north-central wine region of Portugal. I used to sell inexpensive Dãos in the ’80s and ’90s to an adoring public — once they had tried them! They can still represent remarkable wines of subtlety and profound bouquet. […]
Thanksgiving is hands down my favorite holiday. It is a holiday that is completely centered around food … oh, yeah, and family. I remember as a child going to my grandmother’s house as she prepared Thanksgiving for way too many people in way too small of a kitchen. Every year […]
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