Our ultimate guide to Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and yet, I have a certain amount of cynicism toward the food media bonanza it inspires every year. You know what you like, you know what Thanksgiving means to you, whether that’s homemade cranberry sauce and handwritten place cards, green bean casserole and football, or an apartment full of friends, family and barely controlled chaos. For me, there has to be wine and pie and mashed potatoes and gravy and lively conversation. A day after to recover and w