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Stuffing vs. dressing?
Is there a meaningful difference between Thanksgiving stuffings and dressings? It depends.
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• Plan ahead: Thanksgiving takeout | Turkey Day reservations
• Easy as pie: John Kessler on making your own pie crust
• Recipes: Browse tested pie recipes and photos
• Thanksgiving: Turkey recipes | Thanksgiving recipes
• Christmas: Christmas holiday recipes
How to plan your Thanksgiving dinner
Sometime next week, America will again fall prey to its annual pandemic of cooking anxiety. Thanksgiving is coming! Are you ready?
• Your fool-proof Thanksgiving checklist Kessler's joy at finally mastering pie crust
Pie crust is one of those things that you don't learn to make well until someone shows you. A simple Thanksgiving menu
Whether you are a pro in the kitchen or a novice, somehow the thought of cooking for a Thanksgiving crowd makes many of us weak in the knees. Expectations are at an all-time high, and planning the meal so everything is ready at the same time can be a logistical nightmare. That said, the rewards for pulling off this feat without aid of takeout are great —- and not nearly as daunting as it may seem, if you have a good plan. Hot lines to holiday help
Toll-free hot lines and Web sites offer answers to cooking and food-safety questions for the holidays. Hannukah candles with new flair
Hanukkah candles have become more elaborate in recent years, coming in all kinds of new colored patterns and designs. Testing the freezer-to-oven turkey
Catie Woods won't be going home to her parents in Florida for Thanksgiving this year. Instead, the 31-year-old public relations specialist will cook the big meal for her friends in Atlanta. There's just one catch: there's no way she's making a turkey. Secluded estate to go public for charity
The area around Abernathy Road and Ga. 400 has grown into one of the metro area's most congested corners, with high-rise office towers and shopping centers surrounded by lanes of traffic. But it wasn't always that way. In the late 1920s, the area was farmland owned by Thomas Glenn, a partner of Ernest Woodruff and president of Trust Company of Georgia — known today as SunTrust Bank. Stuffing vs. dressing what's the difference?
Is it just a potato-potahto thing, or is there a meaningful difference between Thanksgiving stuffings and dressings?
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