Sam Sifton

Quick-fire answers to common turkey questions, and a cranberry grilled cheese to keep you going. You’ve got this.

Get your dry brines ready and explore these 40 easy recipes for the nights before Thanksgiving.

Not everyone can conquer 26.2 miles. But we can all enjoy Melissa Clark’s sustaining pasta with kale pesto and butternut squash.

It’s the sort of meal you ought to make after a day of airline snacks or conference-room repasts, and definitely on Friday nights.

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Something out there, something delicious, is speaking to you. Heed its call.

We have all weekend for chan chan yaki and cheesy pan pizza. Friday night is for superquick pantry pasta with tuna, scallions and capers.

Food May Be the Last Thing on Your Mind

Toss them on the grill, fry them for salt and pepper shrimp rolls, chop them into burgers or poach them for spring rolls.

The cloaked breast meat is insulated from the heat of the grill and made tender by the acidity of the mustard.