Sam Sifton

How do I make the best mashed potatoes? Why should I dry-brine my turkey? And do I really need to serve pumpkin pie? Editor in chief Adam Rapport talks to our Test Kitchen editors and New York Times food editor Sam Sifton to answer all the pressing questions around everyone's favorite holiday: Thanksgiving!

The whole purpose of Thanksgiving is turkey. That is not so much argument as truth. Turkey is why you are here.