Thanksgiving Trimmings

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, it’s time to get thinking about your holiday meal. The Mercer County Library System has just what you need to turn this Thanksgiving into one your friends and family will be talking about for years to come! Here are four titles to get you started:

How to Cook a Turkey: And All the Other Trimmings
Designed as a holiday survival guide for a wide range of home cooks, this book contains 100 recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts—including an entire chapter on pies—plus information on everything to do with turkeys, stuffing, and gravy.

The Thanksgiving Table : Recipes and Ideas to Create your Own Holiday Tradition
Covering everything from the foolproof secret to a moist bird and how to truss and carve it to menu suggestions and simple, elegant table settings, this book includes recipes for classics like cranberry relish as well as more innovative dishes, as well as a whole section devoted to vegetarians. Features do-ahead tips and plenty of food and technique photographs that make planning in advance a breeze.

Williams-Sonoma: Thanksgiving
Offers easy-to-follow recipes that will become staples of your own holiday menu year after year. In these pages, you'll find inspiring first courses and a tempting variety of side dishes and desserts as well as some new ideas for the main course. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

Martha's Classic Thanksgiving [DVD]
Let Martha Stewart make your Thanksgiving the most special one yet. This DVD covers the traditional Thanksgiving basics plus offers more ideas for those interested in trying something new. Includes turkey, stuffing, side dish and dessert recipes; centerpiece, table setting and decorating ideas; and Thanksgiving crafts for kids.

-Lisa S.