Lucy Buffett and her famous brother, Jimmy, grew up in Mobile, Ala., where seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is a key player in the culinary canon. Mr. Buffett went on to a giant career in music. His sister...
Author: Kim Severson
This is an Italian-American turkey stuffing that was invented in New Jersey by Pietronilla Conte, who emigrated from the Italian region of Molise in the early 20th century. Ms. Conte's granddaughter Lisa...
Author: Julia Moskin
Cornbread dressing is an intensely personal thing. In the American South, at least, everybody's grandmother had a recipe, and everyone knows just how it should be made. This is a base model with a few...
Author: Kim Severson
Call this savory mix of wild rice, quinoa, mushrooms, walnuts and greens a stuffing or a pilaf. It's not meant to go inside a turkey but it's imbued with the definitive flavors of Thanksgiving. Kale or...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
This stuffing - or, you can call it a dressing - is baked outside the turkey so that it develops a crisp topping. You'll want to make sure your cornbread is stale here: If working with fresh cornbread,...
Author: Melissa Clark
This fairly classic stuffing recipe has been scaled down to feed two (generously). Filled with buttery sautéed shallots and plenty of herbs, it's rich and soft in the center, and golden and crunchy on...
Author: Melissa Clark
This crisp, rich and buttery dressing is excellent as a side dish for dinner on Thanksgiving and as leftovers the next day. Aromatics and a mix of fresh and dried herbs give it a deep savoriness. The sausage...
Author: Yewande Komolafe
Pears and walnuts complement dark black and pale brown rice in this sweet and savory mixture. Make sure you don't overcook the pears; they need only a quick sear in the pan. The cooked grains will keep...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Sarah Frey, who sells more pumpkins than anyone else in America, often entertains retailers and produce executives at her farmhouse in southern Illinois. She likes to serve white baby pumpkins stuffed...
Author: Kim Severson
This dressing combines corn bread, turkey broth, three kinds of pepper and a healthy scattering of fiery sausage for a Thanksgiving dish that is crunchy on top, moist within and alive with flavor. The...
Author: Sam Sifton
The better the bread you use here (a thick-crusted country loaf, sliced and toasted quite dry in the oven works well), the better the end result. It acts as a kind of canvas for the sweetness of the leeks...
Author: Sam Sifton
Imagine Thanksgiving stuffing, but with the red-sauce flavors of cheese pizza. Tomato paste and dried oregano, bloomed in buttery onions, do the heavy lifting in this comforting dish, as does an ivory...
Author: Eric Kim
In a lot of states, people don't just eat food on Thanksgiving; they hunt for it. Lora Smith, a writer and farmer with roots in Kentucky, sends along a recipe handed down from her great-grandmother, for...
Author: Jeff Gordinier