It's Thanksgiving, and everyone has their own memories and traditions. Some people look for new recipes to explore - others make pretty much the same thing every year. My experience while growing up was definitely the later. We had the exact same food for years. But it always tasted great and, as you'll see, the recipes are simple to prepare.

Much as summer's warm days and plentiful rains lead to sun-ripened tomatoes and plump eggplants, frigid winter is the promise on which comfort food relies. Instinctively, we gravitate to the stove and the gifts it gives us. Time, now somehow a little less urgent, is given a wider berth, one generous enough to accommodate a rising yeast dough,
or the baking of an apple pie, or the preparation of sauerbraten.