My Thanksgiving 2023 menu

Plus your TG questions, answered

Hello and welcome to Thanksgiving Week!

Last week, I co-hosted Thanksgiving Hotline, a Substack live Q&A, along with Ali Slagle, Colu Henry, Caroline Chambers, Jenny Rosenstrach, and emily nunn and it was so. much. fun. We answered all your very smart questions. You can check out the full chat here—I’ll share some of my favorite questions from our conversation later this week.

Meanwhile, I’ve decided that as of this Monday morning, I need to record my Thanksgiving menu in a public forum to prevent myself from indulging any more decision paralysis and changing my mind every 5 minutes. While I typically cook the vast majority of the Thanksgiving meal every year at my parents’ house, this is the first year Hunzi and I are hosting Thanksgiving in our apartment, so it feels extra special. It’s also the first time…maybe ever? that I’m straying from pure classics to include dishes and flavors we don’t typically have at our Thanksgiving dinner.

So, for those of you who are interested in what’s going to be on my table this year, here is the full list with descriptions and recipe sources: