Turkey

Pan juices, the flavorful liquid and crispy bits left in the roasting pan, form the base of this gravy.

Giblets (the heart, liver, gizzard, and neck) really deepen a gravy's flavor.

Salted, brined, stuffed, or simply roasted, any of these turkeys will make a perfect centerpiece for your Thanksgiving meal.

With distinctly different olive oils now made in more than 30 countries--from the Old World (Italy, Turkey) to the upstarts (Australia, Chile)--we tasted our way through dozens of bottles to bring you our five favorites from around the globe.

This turkey cutlet recipe is like Thanksgiving dinner year-round, but it's done in 25 minutes. So in a way...it's a lot better.

We won't lie: The red eye gravy recipe is what makes this turkey so special.

This empanadas recipe brings together all the best Thanksgiving leftovers: turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce.

A turkey meatloaf recipe that promises to never, ever be dry and boring.

Actually, it's remarkable that I've managed to get this far into Project Recipe before encountering something I refused to ingest. Here's my story: What to do with the remains of Thanksgiving Dinner places people on either side of a culinary divide, and the turkey soup and chowder folk are unknown and inscrutable to me.

This is a great way to re-use thanksgiving leftovers. Really, I think you could toss whatever you wanted in here and it'd be delicious: a little mashed potato, some green beans (I did do that the third day to be honest). But save the pumpkin pie for after. Or breakfast.

This is a delicious, easy recipe that can make a veteran roaster out of the greenest beginner. I loved the way the turkey came out—so much so that I'll be using the recipe for my own family's Thanksgiving (if they can stand to eat turkey again so soon, but that's another subject).

I just cooked my first turkey. Sure, I've been a sous (or, really, a sous-sous) turkey chef in the past, but I had never had the sole responsibility of preparing the bird. My family has had everything from Butterballs to Heritage Turkeys, but I decided to acknowledge the worldwide financial downturn and just get the least expensive one.