Food! Glorious Food! -- The Giant Fowl Edition

N.Y.C. NATURE
Puff, the Magic Mushroom
Puffball mushrooms can be found in sports fields and highway meridians, and sometimes seem to mysteriously pop up overnight.
By DAVE TAFT

OPINION
Relax, You Don’t Need to ‘Eat Clean’
Your food fears are doing more harm than good.
By AARON E. CARROLL

Clarifying a Butter Shortage
For confirmation, our reporter in Paris turned to an impeccable source: his 89-year-old French grandmother, reached on her cellphone while grocery shopping.
By AURELIEN BREEDEN

Paris’s Best Chocolates: A Guide
Ganache, single origin, bean-to-bar, pralinés, orangettes, mendiants: craft chocolate in Paris comes in a panoply of forms. Here are ten of the best.
By LINDSEY TRAMUTA

WHAT TO COOK
Eat Your Vegetables
David Tanis has three new recipes: for smashed carrots with feta and mint, sweet-and-sour cauliflower and brussels sprouts with chorizo.
By SAM SIFTON

WHAT TO COOK
What to Cook This Week
From our favorite lasagna to a Parmesan-crusted rack of lamb, here are a dozen incredible recipes for the next six days.
By SAM SIFTON

2017 Holiday Gift Guide: Cooking
The New York Times and Wirecutter bring you this indispensable guide to the best gifts of the holiday season. Browse by interest or price; we promise you’ll find something nice.

Thanksgiving How-To Videos
Sixteen of The Times’ most popular instructional cooking videos for Thanksgiving, from spatchcocking a turkey to carving one.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Thanksgiving
Equipment Essentials
By SARA BONISTEEL

FOOD
City Kitchen
Same Vegetables, New Flavors


New traditions must begin somewhere. To please your guests this year, try one of these jazzed-up vegetable side dishes.
By DAVID TANIS
Recipes: Smashed Carrots With Feta and Mint | Sweet-and-Sour Cauliflower with Golden Raisins | Brussels Sprouts With Chorizo

The Four Rules of Thanksgiving Wines
Wines of The Times

Rule No. 1: You will be anxious before the holiday.
Rule No. 2: The holiday always goes beautifully.
Rule No. 3: If the food is good and the company convivial, you cannot go wrong with the wine. If the food is bad and the company annoying, wine can only help.
Rule No. 4: Choose wines that you like; everybody else will like them, too.( Read more... )

By ERIC ASIMOV
Recipe Pairing: Cornbread Madeleines With Jalapeño

To Pair With That Thanksgiving Bird, Consider Beer
By ORR SHTUHL

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