Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving Without Gluttony?

Awesome Thanksgiving Recipe For Sweet Potatoes From The Rebel House's Michael Saperstein

Everyone knows that nine times out of ten, the Thanksgiving sides are better than the main attraction (perhaps because there's so many creative ways you can totally screw up the turkey). Step up your side game this Thanksgiving and give a new spin to a T-Day classic: Sweet potatoes. Chef Michael S ... More >>

Restaurants Serving Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinners in South Florida: Darbster, Sublime, and Le Bistro

For people who'd prefer to coddle, not cook, a turkey, Thanksgiving can be hell. Yeah, yeah, it's nice to see the family and wine is fun and all, but there's only so many helpings of mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie one can handle (trust me, I've tried, and the number is much smaller than one would h ... More >>

Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving Day 2012 in Broward County: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Davie

A sink full of nasty dishes, mountains of fattening leftovers in the fridge, and a rotting turkey carcass; these are the (mostly) unpleasant side effects of cooking a Thanksgiving feast at home. There's a way around this: Let someone else do all the work. After the jump find a roundup of restaurants ... More >>

Meet your Meat: Free-Range Thanksgiving Turkeys Raised at Scooby's Organic Farm in Davie

Many people dream of one day owning a farm, but few take the plunge into the pastoral lifestyle. Husband and wife Motty Katzir and Enat Halperin-Katzir were two such people dreaming of starting a farm in retirement. Motty, who grew up farming in Israel, then later on worked as a manager of Hudson Va ... More >>

Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving Day 2012 in Palm Beach County: Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach

Burning the holy hell out of the turkey (while still somehow mangaing to keep it frozen solid in the middle). Whipping up mashed potatoes that could stand in for the caulk needed for your kitchen remodel. Failing to buy enough wine. There's a lot that could go wrong when trying to organize and execu ... More >>

Trader Joe's Turkey-Less Roast is "New and Improved" for Your Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner

A family-centric holiday like Thanksgiving requires copious amounts of wine. As such, perhaps you've been planning a little road trip in the next few weeks to visit the Trader Joe's store in Naples. After all, TJ's is home to one of the country's most celebrated bottles of $3 red wine (that would be ... More >>

Ten Recipes for Pumpkin Leftovers: Make Pumpkin Flan and Pumpkin Milkshakes -- Anything But Pumpkin Pie

It's 2012, and that means you don't need to make pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving because Pinterest exists. And because of Pinterest, you can MacGyver your pumpkin pie into basically anything that isn't pie.While this Thanksgiving I'll be sticking to my pumpkin bread because I'm borrringgggg, that shou ... More >>

SNL Thanksgiving: Kissing Family Makes Your Family Look Less Weird

​We promise that this is the last Thanksgiving post for 2011, but we had to share this Saturday Night Live skit which made us feel really good about our completely weird family holidays.Remember the Aunt who kissed too much?  We remember running under the table, hiding in a closet, climbing a ... More >>

Last Minute Thanksgiving: What Grocery Stores Are Open?

Start again? Some stores are open on Thanksgiving.​So it's Thanksgiving, the turkey's in the oven, and you're about to start the sides when you realize you're out of cream and you totally forgot the cranberries!  Don't panic. Though most stores are closed, we've compiled a list of stores that ... More >>

Give Thanks for Dada

Enrique Iglesias Performing in OTHER Thanksgiving Football Halftime Show

​Add Enrique Iglesias to the list of people getting shafted by Nickelback this Thanksgiving. Ever since people started bitching about the Canadian band performing at halftime of the Lions-Packers matchup, it might seem that this is the only NFL on Thanksgiving -- or of the whole season.Updated: Vi ... More >>

Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar's Anniversary, Thanksgiving, and Other Events This Week & Weekend in Broward, Palm Beach Counties

​This is a pretty quiet week in terms of food and drink events in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Well, except for that whole Thanksgiving thing that's said to be taking place on Thursday. Maybe you've heard?While the calendars remain pretty sparse this week and through the weekend, there are of ... More >>

Thanksgiving Links and Turkey Tales

We're down to the wire for Thanksgiving, with most of us hitting the airports or the highways tomorrow, though I had been traveling over the weekend and the airports were packed already. In the meantime, procrastinate with the New Yorker's food issue, one of my favorite reads in the magazine al ... More >>

It's That Time of Year Again: BSO Alerts the Public About Dangers of Frying Turkeys

​It wouldn't be fall without crisp air, pumpkin-spice-latte-sipping locals pretending they live somewhere that requires sweaters, an influx of Canadian license plates, and -- of course -- the annual warning from the Broward Sheriff's Office that if you're an idiot, maybe you shouldn't be deep-fryi ... More >>

It's a Mai-Kai Thanksgiving, and Other Unusual Places to Dine for the Holidays

Photo: Lisa Zeldes​Thinly veiled as a means to "give Mom a break" or to avoid doing dishes from now until 12-12-12, going out for Thanksgiving dinner is the perfect way to minimize optimize the quality family time for which you are so thankful. Like planning a destination wedding, dining out for T ... More >>

Thanksgiving 2011 in a Restaurant: Fort Lauderdale, Broward Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving

Gavin St. Ours via Flickr Creative CommonsThanksgiving in a restaurant: all of the reward, none of the work. ​Thanksgiving dinner is great, but what about all that weighing the turkey and calculating how many hours per pound you have to cook it and then figuring out all of the sides that will comp ... More >>

Bacon to the Rescue: Thanksgiving Inspiration, Round Two

browneyedbaker​This past weekend, we round up some links to help out home cooks with Thanksgiving menu planning and wine selection. Now we're reminding you of the simple solution: Just add bacon. Behold: some ideas for how to make any dish better -- from appetizers to sides to the big bird itself. ... More >>

Thanksgiving 2011 in a Restaurant: Palm Beach/Delray Beach/Boca Raton Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving

Tim Patterson via Flickr Creative CommonsThanksgiving 2011: Don't let this atrocity happen to you. ​Is your family still reeling from memories of Thanksgiving-dinner failures past? Flying solo for Thanksgiving 2011? Or maybe you just hate the idea of having to clean up a table of turkey shrapnel a ... More >>

Thanksgiving Links: Where to Find Cooking Help, Inspiration

​This weekend is a good one to pin down your Thanksgiving cooking plans.Today's post is geared for hosts and home cooks: what recipe you'll use for the bird, what sides you'll feature, whether you'll bake bread, what wine goes with the meal. Read on for some lifeline links and don't forget about t ... More >>

East End Brasserie in Fort Lauderdale: First Look

Photos by Eric BartonThe sweet venison dish is like a primer for Thanksgiving. ​"Hello, bonsoir," said the manager as he breezed through the dining room of the East End Brasserie last night. His mix of English and French would seem appropriate for the 2-week-old restaurant. The menu is somewhat Fr ... More >>

Drink and Food Events This Week in Broward/Fort Lauderdale/Palm Beach

Wednesday night: Pucker up to dinner with the lovely ladies of Lips. ​With New Times Beerfest merely days away, it's understandable that you'd want to hunker down this week and save your energy and cash for the weekend. For those who can handle multiple days of fun in one week, there are a few opt ... More >>

The List: Sick of Pumpkin Beer? Five Pumpkin Cocktails

​Looking to start a bar fight at your favorite neighborhood haunt? If so, there are several tactics to use that are guaranteed to result in hurt feelings and/or fisticuffs.These tactics include but are not limited to-- poorly executed your-mama jokes, extolling the virtues of Neil Diamond, and hur ... More >>

Getting Booked by the BSO Won't Bring Down These Smiling Suspects

Happy Mug-Shot Monday! We hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, and evidently, so did these alleged culprits. We searched through 1,000 photos, courtesy of the Broward Sheriff's Office, to bring some joy to your morning internet browse. Hey, it's OK to dawdle on a Monday, so kick back, dri ... More >>

Traveling Today? Four Foods Guaranteed to Confuse the TSA

​So you made it home for Thanksgiving, and you're flying back to the Sunshine State. Only problem? Mom loaded you down with leftover pies, cakes and other comestibles to bring on the plane (where, if you're flying Delta, you can stock up on the world's best cookies). Will traveling with food be an ... More >>

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TSA Body Scan-Themed Graphics -- Top 5 Most Entertaining

via www.tnr.com​We hate bombs, hate radiation, and (most of us, some?, no?) hate getting groped by strangers, but America, it seems lately, we can't have our safety and keep our dignity too. People are really upset about this, and it's great that they give a damn, because it would be really awful ... More >>

Thanksgiving Wines: Six Under $12

​You really want something to be thankful for?  Be thankful you don't have to pick one wine to go with everything in the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner. Something that pairs with 18 dishes from mashed potatoes to sweet potatoes to Brussels sprouts to pumpkin pie... it's enough to give ev ... More >>

The Best Thanksgiving Turkey Ever

​Awhile back, I wrote plugging the Best Chicken Ever, a dry-brined bird based on a recipe developed by Judy Rodgers of San Francisco's Zuni Café.   Rubbed with salt and pepper and stuffed under the skin with fresh herbs, then left to "brine" in the fridge for 24 to 48 hours and roasted ... More >>

Tonight: Class on Thanksgiving Wines @ Chef Jean-Pierre's Cooking School

Flickr​At press time, there were still seven seats available for tonight's class on Thanksgiving wines at the cooking school of our friend and renowned chef/ cooking school guru Jean Pierre.  The instructor tonight is Eric Hemer, the Educational Director for Southern Wine & Spirits. Eric ... More >>

Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas

My ideal T-Day spread.​Bored of turkey? Terrified of stuffing? Sick of canned cranberries?Me too. I'm not interested in turkey or stuffing or cranberries this Thanksgiving. So I decided that when my fiancee and I host our families next Thursday, we're going to be serving an Italian-centric feast o ... More >>

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Thanksgiving at a Restaurant: Five Options in Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood / Miami Beach

Let somebody else deal with this. ​For some, eating Thanksgiving at a restaurant might seem weird. But since when is it un-American to have someone else cook your meal, serve it to you, and clean up everything when you're done with your third helping? There's absolutely nothing wrong with Thanksgi ... More >>

Vegetarian Thanksgiving @ Sublime

GameneBock Bock!​It's sort of the opposite of Turducken: Sublime, the gourmet vegetarian restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, has announced its Thanksgiving menu: -- Waldorf salad (apples, celery, raisins, and walnuts) -- Choice of "turkey" made from Gardein, or Roasted Acorn Squash with quinoa stuffin ... More >>

Give Thanks for Food Without a Face

Making the Rounds on Thanksgiving

Time management is key to a successful Thanksgiving.Thanksgiving no longer serves as a time families can peacefully get together, sit down at a table, and give thanks. Nowadays, it's more like competing in the food Olympics. We've got divorced parents and grandparents, we've got significant others, ... More >>

Depressing Thanksgiving Wishes From the Palm Beach Post

Flickr user: firepileThe gift Post staffers really want for Thanksgiving.​The Palm Beach Post has had a rough couple of years, watching its pages shrink, its revenue decline, and its newsroom crippled by the loss of 300 employees to buyouts and layoffs. Still, the paper's top execs have tried to r ... More >>

Wake Up, Turkey Slobs, Because it's Time for Killer Leftovers

Photo by Flickr user erincooksYes, put everything on it.​Thanksgiving Day, 5 p.m.: Family members are sprawled on your furniture, belts off, pants unbuttoned, fancy holiday shirts marked by cranberry and gravy spills, making half-assed attempts to argue. Your father-in-law has been in the bathroom ... More >>

Weekend Blog Wrap: Thanksgiving Edition

via Blog.Craftzine.com​If Wednesday's Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup wasn't enough for you, we're here to help. Here are some highlights of other Thanksgiving related blogs.The Foodista Blog has some helpful pointers for you vegetarians and vegans planning on eating at normal people's houses for Than ... More >>

Five Steps to a Perfect Turkey -- Good for Eating and Throwing

Photo by Flickr user KS Girl​Dead turkeys are aerodynamic disasters. I chose to prove this many Thanksgivings ago by hurling one at my sister as she ran screaming down the stairs from my Brooklyn apartment after a fight. It was cooked, it was in a broiling pan, and I was unable to get a clean hit ... More >>

Bova Cucina Hosts Thanksgiving for "Underprivileged" -- Do Rothstein Investors Qualify?

After you pay $57 million to get access to funds awarded in a phony court judgment, like Ed Morse did, you're liable to worry about whether you can round up the money to pay for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner -- you know, with the caviar, the Kobe steak, and the cast of celebrity guests. It's the ... More >>

Lolapalooza, Low 'n' Slow Holiday Drive, Turkeys at the Biltmore

​We've all got a lot to be thankful for: The recession is over (supposedly), the world is still spinning, and Glenn Beck's communist appendix finally escaped its dank cell. Hollywood eatery Lola's on Harrison has a pretty good list too: Michael Wagner and company are going into their third season ... More >>

Sublime Offers Vegetarians Reprieve Via Bizarro Thanksgiving Dinner

Nothing says Thanksgiving like stuffed soy-protein!​For vegetarians, Thanksgiving is sort of like going to a Dolphins game with a Jets jersey on. I know firsthand because I practiced the lifestyle for almost four years back in high school and college. No matter how accepting your family is (and mi ... More >>

Gran Forno Bakery on Las Olas is Aromatic Bliss

C. Stiles​ Here's what New Times wrote about Gran Forno Bakery in our 2001 Best Of Issue:To find Gran Forno, you could look for the storefront window that displays bakers at work, or you could simply close your eyes (mind your step) and follow your nose. The smell of bread, savory with rosemary, w ... More >>

I'm Eating What?! Treacle Sponge Pudding

​This week, I was tasked with finding myself something for the blog. That actually seems worse than just showing up with something new on my desk. It's almost like having to pick your method of execution. I knew I couldn't get away with picking something that looked delicious, so I wandered the "E ... More >>

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