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A Caribbean Thanksgiving: Kris Wessel Shares His Recipe for Pigeon Pea Rice

It's a muggy, hot afternoon in mid-November and Santo Domingo's congested streets are packed with whizzing motorcyclists and banged-up taxis. Sidewalks are lined with vendors selling dried-up holiday pine trees. Across the bustling Caribbean city, eateries offer a variety of catered Thanksgiving din ... More >>

Thanksgiving 2012: Miami Restaurant Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner Guide

While the rest of Miami hurries to Publix and Fresh Market for last minute shopping lists, the smart people of this good city will stare good and hard at this list -- and with just a quick phone call (or click of the mouse), Thanksgiving dinner will be taken care of without so much as breaking a swe ... More >>

Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipe: Chad Phillips' Hip to Be Square

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is only a few short days away. Friends and family are making the trek to Miami for a little well-needed sunshine and you're tasked with preparing a fabulous dinner. Don't stress because Short Order's got your back. We've asked Miami's hottest chefs and bartenders for ... More >>

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Recipe: Quattro's Carro Twins on Soup, Mascarpone and Chutney

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is only a few short days away. Friends and family are making the trek to Miami for a little well-needed sunshine and you're tasked with preparing a fabulous dinner. Don't stress because Short Order's got your back. We've asked Miami's hottest chefs and bartenders for ... More >>

Three Easy Raw Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving and Chilly Fall Days

It's suddenly sweatshirt weather in Miami, and even though the sun still warms my rosy vegan cheeks, I've been craving some traditional fall flavors to do the same for my belly. With Thanksgiving just three weeks away, it's also a great time to start scouting out some raw, plant-based holiday recipe ... More >>

Social Q's Thanksgiving Edition: For Those Edible Dilemmas

​It's a safe bet that at some point, we will come across awkward social situations. For example, at your Thanksgiving dinner party when you've whipped up an entire spread only to realize many of your guests keep Kosher -- and that fork you used to check the roast also acquainted itself with the cr ... More >>

Joe Schmo's Least Favorite Turkey Day Dishes

Wikimedia Commons [No] mincemeat pie 'til I die​You made it! You've likely been slaving in the kitchen since last night, up early this morning to put the bird in the oven. Taking a short break to catch your breath? Nice! Just a few more hours and you can relax, stuff your face and take the ... More >>

Ten Ways to Have a Successful Thanksgiving

​Ah, Thanksgiving; the time of year when Pilgrims and Indians grow corn and shoot unsuspecting turkeys all in the name of a gigantic overindulgent feast.Nowadays however, Thanksgiving is known for its family-oriented festivities where all the relatives can get together in one place and criticize e ... More >>

Ten Affordable Thanksgiving Wines

​You have the turkey, the stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes -- but what about the wine? Consider this a break-down of tasty selections that will please your picky friends and that will satisfy those who only indulge on special occasions, like this Thursday.The BubblyConde de Caralt, Cav ... More >>

Top Ten Thanksgiving Songs About Your Screwed-Up Family

Adam Sandler is right. Thanksgiving is a special time of year. But we're already sick of his song and dance, and the last movie he made was so terrible that even turkeys begged for a trip to the ovens rather than watch it. So here are the true top ten greatest Thanksgiving songs. They will remind ... More >>

Mac'n Food Truck's Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, Perfect for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Turkey Tips and Helplines (Video)

​Thanksgiving is a time when families gather around the dinner table for a fabulous, decadent meal of perfectly made golden brown turkey with all the trimmings. The only problem is that unless you're Martha Stewart, you probably won't get it right.Questions run through our minds like how do I th ... More >>

Burger King for Thanksgiving: How Regal!

​Screw turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. Take your family to Burger King instead. The Miami-based firm recently rolled out a BK Family Bundle. For just 10 bucks (12 bucks in Hawaii) you can feed your family with a Whopper, a Whopper Jr., two small French fries, two small soft ... More >>

Thanksgiving-to-Go Can Be Cheap: Epicure, Whole Foods, and Fireman Derek's

Let someone else cook this Thanksgiving.​The last time we cooked Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, it cost more than $300 for four people. Plus the bird was so dry even the poodle wouldn't eat it.This year, we're thinking we'll let someone else cook. We've compiled a list of places that ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do This Weekend Under $10

FacebookStokeswood​Did y'all realize it's mid November already? We were so caught up in Basel music news and Justin Bieber paternity gossip that we damn near forgot it's the weekend before Thanksgiving. And you know what that means, right? Historically, the weekend leading up to Thanksgiving mark ... More >>

Thanksgiving Turducken: Chicken, Duck, Turkey, Sausage, and Pig With Alligator Sauce Picon

Gourmet Butcher Block Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?​For Thanksgiving, try this meat-tastic dish. The fowl de cochon is one massive meal made from a small pig stuffed with a turkey that's stuffed with a duck that's stuffed with a chicken! And between each animal layer are tons ... More >>

Thanksgiving's Top Five Local Latin Music Shows

Happy Turkey Day from Lanzallamas Monofonica!​Happy Thanksgiving, party people. There's a chance you've already skipped out on work. But if you're still stuck in the grind, then take comfort in the fact that you've checked out mentally. You are sitting there reading Crossfade during bid'ness hours ... More >>

Movie Sex Advice, Cheating Husbands, and More at the Thanksgiving Table

As important as Thanksgiving is to us, there are surprisingly few movies that focus on this foodcentric holiday.  Maybe it's because we're too busy eating. Or perhaps it's that watching people eat isn't, um, cinematic. In any case, these scenes will fill you with love, anxiety, embarrassment or ... More >>

The Rest of the Thanksgiving Restaurant Specials

A slew of restaurants are offering Thanksgiving Day specials, and we've sorted through them for you. This means a studious scrutiny of the menus as they relate to value and overall allure (listed prices do not include tax or tip).We have no idea how these meals will actually taste, although there is ... More >>

Jell-O Turkey, Beer Butt Turkey, and Turkey Cheese Balls

Sure, you can have a dull traditional turkey on Thanksgiving, but why do that when you can eat something different? Lucky for you, we have compiled a list of different alternatives to a Thanksgiving bird for those who want to crank their holiday meal up a notch. When you serve one of these, your gue ... More >>

Thanksgiving Wines Under $25

Photo by Randy Larcombe The wine press at Torbreck Winery.​If you have no desire to spend Thanksgiving gulping beer like a Pilgrim and would prefer to swirl and sip some vino, here are some great suggestions we discovered while out tasting with fellow oenophiles. All of the choices are unde ... More >>

Kurtis Jantz's Pumpkin Cake with Foie Gras Buttercream

Chef Kurtis Jantz​As the executive chef at the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles, Kurtis Jantz oversees the entire food and beverage operation for the resort. This is one busy man, and most of his Thanksgivings are spent working."My tradition is definitely working it," Jantz told us. ... More >>

Chef Frank Jeanetti's Mashed Sweet Potatoes: A Thanksgiving Side For The Kids

via thepalmshotel.comExectutive Chef Frank Jeanetti​Essensia's Executive Chef Frank Jeanetti thinks traditional when it comes to planning a Thanksgiving meal, whether at home or in his restaurant. "I like to keep it simple and basic, but good," he says, adding that playing with ingredients also go ... More >>

Top Five Worst Thanksgiving Dishes

DairDair via flickr.com​Green Bean CasseroleThe main ingredients: condensed cream of mushroom soup, green beans, fried onions. The gist: mix it up and bake it. The verdict: Wow, are green beans really so horrible their flavor must be squandered by the likes of canned soup and fried onions? And if ... More >>

Gastropod, Two Chefs Last-Minute Turkey Day Training Classes

Trina Sargalski​If you read Short Order, you're probably the type of person who has your Thanksgiving food plans well underway. If you are cooking, you probably have an idea of the comforting, yet gourmet, dishes you'll prepare, the ingredients you need, and when you'll cook.  If you're dinin ... More >>

Pumpkin Beer for Thanksgiving? Crazy, Man!

​What do Thanksgiving and beer have to do with one another besides pumpkin 'n' spice and everything nice? It is well documented that the Pilgrims landed in Cape Cod in 1620 because of numerous hardships - rough seas, stormy weather and sickness. Back then, water was certainly not the drink of ... More >>

Five Drunk Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving

TheWaffle.blog.com​That time of year is approaching again -- the day we get to stuff our faces with a large amount of heavy food and have the luxury of napping afterward. However, we must not forget about the festive cocktails. Forget about the wine. Get your hands on a drink intended only for thi ... More >>

Dena Marino's Thanksgiving Turkey with Crispy Prosciutto and Roasted Garlic

Chef Dena Marino​Chef Dena Marino moved to Miami from Colorado last summer to head the kitchen at DeVito South Beach. The job was short lived but Marino loved Miami so much she stayed. She's now working on another Miami project about which she can't reveal much because details aren't final yet. An ... More >>

Corsages, Kings, and Queens

Weekend Blog Watch: Burgers, Fish, Michael's Genuine, Thanksgiving, and Donuts

A hilarious blow-by-blow account of a South Dade burger crawl. [BurgerBeast]Islamorada area restaurant and plate recommendations. [Chowfather]"10 oz. burger, salsa, guacamole, grilled onion, cilantro sour cream, cheddar, fried egg. Lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle." A Burger and Beer Joint review. [Fo ... More >>

FFF: Calvin Trillin's Revised History of Thanksgiving

​The following passages have been excerpted from a story in Third Helpings, by Calvin Trillin, which can also be found as part of Trillin's The Tummy Trilogy, (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: New York, 1994): I have been campaigning to have the national Thanksgiving dish changed from turkey to spaghe ... More >>

Happy Thanksgiving Jokes

Thanksgiving cheer distributed for men in service. New York City turned host to the boys in service today and cared for every man in uniform. Ca. 1918. Underwood & Underwood. (War Dept. ) Exact Date Shot Unknown A different kind of war bird.​Here are some jokes we collected from across the int ... More >>

Puck Fublix, Join The National Supermarket Week of Action

Jacob KatelStand up for justice.​Hey America, this Thanksgiving let's buck tradition and not go out of our way to kill indians.So, maybe you don't know, but, most of America's tomatoes are grown in Immokalee, Florida, just up the street from Naples, and across the way from Miami, and most of the w ... More >>

Got Brined Turkey Recipes, Now What The Hell Is Brined Turkey?

TheKohserA Thanksgiving turkey that had been soaked for 10 hours in a brine of water, salt, brown sugar, cut and squeezed lemons and oranges, and chopped onion. Roasted in the oven in a roasting pan, for nearly 4 hours. ​ Seems like every year there's a new Thanksgiving phenomenon about how to coo ... More >>

Turkey Torture For Your Table

JoAnne McArthur​More than 46 million turkeys will have their beaks and toes painfully amputated this year so that they can be packed by the thousands into dark, filthy warehouses on factory farms. That's why Farm Sanctuary is holding coast-to-coast celebrations FOR the turkeys. In NYC, Russell Sim ... More >>

Lotus House and People's Barbeque Partner for Thanksgiving In Overtown

image via lotushouseshelter.orgThe Lotus House​Lotus House Women's Shelter in Overtown (217 NW 15th Street) will celebrate Thanksgiving by serving over 500 holiday meals including turkey, all the fixin's, and dessert to their friends and neighbors in the city.This will be the shelter's "Fifth Annu ... More >>

Consume More Spam This Thanksgiving Weekend

Not performing live at Kitchen 305​Well, Thanksgiving is finally upon us. I know I'm not alone when I say that I start getting antsy for this holiday right around the end of summer. After all, I no longer need to fit into my bikini, so why not gorge myself on copious amounts of sweet potatoes, mas ... More >>

Top 10 Ways To Ruin a Thanksgiving Turkey

One time grandma's dentures got caught in the turkey drumstick she was eating at Thanksgiving dinner. She pointed at me with the drumstick for laughing, the teeth flew off the leg and hit me in the face. I still have the old lady's bite marks on my farhead. She had a hell of an arm. Thanksgiving is ... More >>

Grapeland Water Park Hosts Food Drive For Thanksgiving Homeless

via miamigov.com​ Just cause your cousin in Milwaukee can't swim in November doesn't mean you can't. This is Miami dammit, home of 89 degree Fall Sundays.Grapeland Water Park (1550 NW 37 Ave) is open, and since Thanksgiving is coming up, they're also collecting canned goods for the Miami Homeless ... More >>

Radio-Active Records Hosting Punk Rock Food Drive

​Punk rock has always been more about the attitude than the music. Unfortunately, that "punk rock attitude" is often portrayed as a hate-everything, outsider-only, anti-social group. While some of those things may be true from time to time, things like this can also really show off what punk rock ... More >>

Let’s Sing About Food, Baby

Freddie Jackson croons of love. And we’re hungry.

Good to Go

Cooking ’cue for friends? Market Grill’s gotcha covered.

Bird Is the Word

Wear stretchy pants to any of these fine restaurants.

Walk It Out

Work off that sweet potato casserole ASAP.

No Jive Turkey

We’re good to gobble