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November Issue Correction
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November Issue Correction

We'll be sending out a replacement November magazine shortly: The Austerity Issue
8 Thanksgiving Entrees Better Than Turkey
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8 Thanksgiving Entrees Better Than Turkey

Thanksgiving is the one day of the year that the typically sane cooks of America do irrational things. Like try to make turkey taste good.
Take a Load Off, Santa
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Take a Load Off, Santa

Screw Black Friday. Sit down on your couch, open a beer, and find something for everyone on your list this weekend
Culture

Cook the Cover

Send your Thanksgiving turkey on a delicious round-trip flight to Asia with our November cover recipe, then send the photos to us
7 Light & Healthy Recipes for a Post-Thanksgiving Detox
Lifestyle

7 Light & Healthy Recipes for a Post-Thanksgiving Detox

A.K.A. seven excuses to stuff your face next week without guilt
Junk Food Makeover
Lifestyle

Junk Food Makeover

You know how this one starts: You're chillin' at the mall when a scent strong enough to lure you out of the sale section at The Gap wafts in.
Because We Need More Holidays in America, #SexySteakNight
Lifestyle

Because We Need More Holidays in America, #SexySteakNight

Ted Loos is trying to add one more festive night to the never-ending slog of gatherings and eating and slush and children that we are about to enter.
#PullUpAChair to Our First Virtual Thanksgiving
Culture

#PullUpAChair to Our First Virtual Thanksgiving

Find out what food mags and websites are bringing to the dorkiest-ever Internet dinner party (but also the most delicious)
Zooey Deschanel's Holiday Plans Involve Bar Cookies and Velvet Frocks
Culture

Zooey Deschanel's Holiday Plans Involve Bar Cookies and Velvet Frocks

The actress advocates ways to push the Christmas envelope
Culture

Let William Shatner Teach You How to Fry a Turkey

The Shat presents an epic tale of love and loss and grease fire.
Maxine Rapoport's Famous Turkey Stuffing (Maybe You Recognize That Last Name?)
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Maxine Rapoport's Famous Turkey Stuffing (Maybe You Recognize That Last Name?)

Our Editor in Chief recounts the importance of turkey carving, new recipes, and old traditions
Pete Wells in as Times restaurant critic; Taste-testing the land, sea, and air burger
Win a Cookbook
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Win a Cookbook

That's right, a copy could be yours...free!
Your Kindle and Nook Just Got Better At Feeding You
Lifestyle

Your Kindle and Nook Just Got Better At Feeding You

Bon Appetit is now available in a shiny new tablet version
Extreme Thanksgiving Leftovers
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Extreme Thanksgiving Leftovers

Spurred by the anticipation of a kitchen full of turkey, cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes, we got a little carried away thinking up nine other ways to use them
The Full Story on Growlers (Spoiler
Culture

The Full Story on Growlers (Spoiler

To give a more evenhanded picture of what people who live, breathe, and (duh) drink beer think about growlers, we spoke to more brewers around the country
Starbucks busted for hidden coffee fee; Herman Cain thinks vegetables are for sissies
5 Unexpected Things You'll Find in Chef Jacques Pepin's Fridge
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5 Unexpected Things You'll Find in Chef Jacques Pepin's Fridge

Including tortillas! For making pizza!
The Bon Appetit Collection Presented by HSN
Bon Appetit for the Kindle Fire and Nook Color
Hey Girl, You Smell Amazing Like Roast Beef
Lifestyle

Hey Girl, You Smell Amazing Like Roast Beef

A Brooklyn scent shop has some food perfumes among their wide selection, but the roast beef isn't exactly flying off the shelves.
Food Pics of the Well Known
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Food Pics of the Well Known

One third of the rap trio Das Racist acquaints us with the good stuff, the gross stuff, and the coconut cream pies that make up a touring musician's diet.
Culture

The 7 Best Culinary Bookstores in America

Try to make it out of these heavenly spots without dropping a ton of cash. We dare you.
Chef Jacques Pepin Eats Airport Hot Dogs, Rarely Spends More than $12 on Wine
Culture

Chef Jacques Pepin Eats Airport Hot Dogs, Rarely Spends More than $12 on Wine

...and turned down an offer to be the White House chef for JFK.
Food sculptor says "the cheese found me"; on attaining radical hotel-room coffee independence
Desserts to Fall For
Culture

Desserts to Fall For

In our "What People Are Cooking" column, see how our recipes turned out in other cooks' kitchens.
Culture

Watch Sexiest Man in America Joel McHale Make Some Coffee

And engage in other totally mundane tasks with his fellow castmembers.
Mario Batali in hot water with bankers; Adriana Lima's Fashion Show Diet
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Mario Batali in hot water with bankers; Adriana Lima's Fashion Show Diet

Today's recommended links from BA editors...