Thanksgiving is definitely the holiday for foodies.
It's prime time to cook, photograph, compare, and drool. And the internet is great for sharing and seeing what everyone's cooking. One of my favorite past times, started over the past week, has been to browse early Thanksgiving feasts until my stomach growls. The best of the best? The McSweeney's staff Thanksgiving and the
New York Times Vegetarian Thanksgiving spreads.
McSweeney's Internet Tendency Thanksgiving was made using recipes from their very own
Lucky Peach, a quarterly food journal. Most of the recipes feature decadent twists on traditional dishes.
For example, the Momofuku inspired Chinese Turkey.
And the cornbread stuffing.
On a more vegetarian friendly side, the New York Times offers amazing looking vegetarian options. Case in point? Warm brussels sprout salad with smoked feta and candied pecans.
And of course, this squash, caramelized onions, and spinach lasagne.
The best part? These are posted early enough so that you can plan your own Thanksgiving feast! And recipes are included if you visit
here and
here.
Where else on the internet have you seen drool-worthy Thanksgiving feasts?image source (mcsweeney's, credit Alanna Hale), image source (NYT)
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Comments (18)
Maybe you should ask the Native Americans on Xanga. Thanksgiving mean genocide to them, the day one of mourning.
One should remember that Thanksgiving food a lot comes from the Native Americans:
http://voices.yahoo.com/thanksgiving-foods-native-americans-2149282.html
@Xcite_Media@xanga - I realize this is a sensitive subject, but I also think that there's a difference between the "Thanksgiving" you're talking about and what Thanksgiving means to me. You're obviously entitled to your own views, but I associate Thanksgiving, not with celebrating some sort of colonial empowerment, but with the appreciation of family, friends, and what brings us together - food. For me, there's a complete disassociation between the two, which is why I think it's wonderful when people add some sort of new spin to dishes deemed "classic." Because that means progress and making something positive and new out of something negative.
Obviously people should be aware that there's an awful history behind Thanksgiving. But there's absolutely nothing wrong with having a holiday that celebrates the appreciation of the people you love.
I don't need Thanksgiving to give thanks. I do it everyday by praying and meditating. And we always have family gatherings.
@joshiro - November is Native American heritage month. You should at least write something about Native American food on this site.
I'm tired of seeing reviews on New York cafeterias and food. We need more tribal and indigenous recipes. I subscribe to this site and I'm tired of people raving about Brooklyn food or some New York hole in the wall eateries. And how many food blogs contributors are from New York?
Why nobody is doing a review on tribal food on IReallyLikeFood? I think food critics need to go out of the comforts of a restaurant and eat the way a native eat.
@I_am_naughty@xanga - Okay, but not everyone's able to visit their families as frequently as others. At least Thanksgiving's usually a work holiday that people have off so that they're able to travel home and visit their families and people that they would otherwise only see a few times a year.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but there's a "submit a post" option at top of this website. This is the internet, everyone's allowed to share their story - and personally, mine's exploring the area I've moved to. I suppose I could apologize for posting frequently, but I'm also allowed to do that, just as you are.
@I_am_naughty@xanga - How about you submit a blog on IRLF yourself?
Just saying.
@KevEats@xanga -
@joshiro -
No, I won't post my blogs here because :
(1) I'm 14 years old. I'm a schoolgirl, not a chef. I don't write food blogs for syndication. I write food blogs for my friends only. Anyone who writes for IRLF has a steady income they can spend on food, but I only have my allowance which I use for my school expenses. So I can't write a food review unless IRLF is prepare to give me money to spend on eateries for my food reviews.
(2) I don't celebrate Thanksgiving because I'm a Buddhist. Thanksgiving has a pagan and violent origins. It is also an American tradition. I'm a Japanese. Thanksgiving isn't something that is celebrated around the world. It's not even a public holiday in most countries.
(3) Unlike Americans, who have only Thanksgiving to give thanks with the family, Japanese people have a lot of festivals for that exact same thing.
(4) I don't come here to troll. I've been writing comments on this site since last year. Unfortunately since the change in the writers (3 regular contributors have left IRLF to write on other sites), I have nothing much to say on this site because some of the posts are repetitive and some of the food are similar, not really unique (i.e. cupcakes, fried cuttlefish, noodles, etc). There've been a couple of times when 2 different IRLF writers wrote reviews on the same restaurant and the same food.
(5) My schoolmates and I use this site as a reference for our school projects. I voice all dissatisfaction on their behalf. IRLF is accessible at our school. I believe they too wish to see food and recipes from around the world on IRLF. I wish to see more food on this site which school kids like us can spend on a student budget. It's not like we can afford to spend in a fancy restaurants or eat expensive food.
@I_am_naughty@xanga - Hello little girl,
When I was a college student, I also had a job. But I also made some time for myself to post up recipes here on IRLF. I wasn't rich. Like many, many students, I didn't have a steady flow of income. I also doubt many of the IRLF staffs are rich. Regardless of how young or old you are, as long as you enjoy the world of culinary (Which you clearly do, as you share your food blogs with your friends and show interests in food blogs), nothing is stopping you or anyone else to share the culinary experiences on IRLF.
The posts does not have to be about the restaurants you go to and spend your money on. Actually, all of the posts that I've shared here on IRLF have been homemade recipes. And it's great that you're able to express your dissatisfaction on behalf of your friends and classmates. But why not encourage yourself or your friends/classmates to share their culinary traditions?
And yes, I also noticed that lot of the IRLF writers are from NY.
@KevEats@xanga - You are welcome to read my food blogs on my site. I like to write about bento.
Okay, all these writing made me really hungry. I'm sorry for being outspoken, my mother warned me about it. She's a Xangan too. She'll kill me for this. We usually leave comments on IRLF but this year is especially busy for us. I subscribe to to this site because I really love all the recipes on IRLF, despite my misgivings. I need to catch up and leave comments on all the past blogs!!
If I offended anyone especially @joshiro - I would like to say ごめんなさい。(gomennasai / sorry).
Keep on blogging.
@Xcite_Media@xanga - I'm Native American. I'll be celebrating alongside everyone else. It is sad, but I've always thought of Thanksgiving as a day of peace & happiness because it wasn't like they went, "Oh, that was good, now DIE!!!" In those three days that they feasted, there was peace. Yes, there was genocide afterward, & it was disgusting, & for 400 years everyone has debated over whether or not this should be a celebrated holiday, but it has ALWAYS been a symbol of coming together & putting aside our differences, if only for one measly day. & since nowadays there are so little things to celebrate, people like you need to just shut up & let people enjoy this day with their families. EVERYONE REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED. But again, it didn't happen on Thanksgiving Day (no one's sure when the pilgrim's & native american's thanksgiving actually happened, anyway) & the holiday itself is a National day of giving thanks & spreading peace & love.. If America decided to slaughter more Native Americans needlessly every Thanksgiving, I could understand being against it, & I could also understand if it had happened recently, but you can't blame 400 year-old pilgrims.. because they're dead.
@Awake_My_Soul420@xanga - Their descendants still live, and on Xanga. They never forget, just like the descendants of the Nazi Holocaust victims and survivors.
@Xcite_Media@xanga - I never said we forget, did I? I just said that, coming from the POV of a Native American, we also like to put things aside for one day & enjoy time with our families, thankful we're alive & all together for a little while. Everyone knows what happened, we all learned it in school & the History Channel provides plenty of informative documentaries, but not everyone wants to mourn on what's supposed to be a happy day.. Mourn afterward, because of Thanksgiving itself there was no slaughter, just human beings having a peaceful dinner together.
@Awake_My_Soul420@xanga - Go ahead and celebrate. I'd rather spend the day helping the hurricane Sandy victims in my neighbourhood. They have nothing to celebrate with. Eat your turkey while the New Jersey and other Sandy victims struggle to rebuild their lives.
@Xcite_Media@xanga - Wooooooooow.. attention whore much?
@Awake_My_Soul420@xanga - I guess so. I need to get as must attention for the Sandy victims than celebrating the genocide of Native Americans.
@Xcite_Media@xanga - Good for you. Rather than getting fat eating billion calorie food and getting drunk, people should donate food and other necessities to the victims of natural disasters and wars, people who are starving, displaced and lost everything they have. Now that is what Thanksgiving is about.
@I_am_naughty@xanga - Okay the comments on this post exploded, was not expecting that! First, I think it's great that you're 14 and so articulate, good on you for defending yourself - I respect that a lot.
Secondly, I'm not paid by IRLF, but am trying to built up some sort of social media/journalism portfolio. I work two other jobs, in addition to this, which pay very little, if at all in some cases. The only reason I am able to do this on a limited income is because I just budget (relatively) well, plan what I write about/where I eat far in advance, and often times will write about food I've had in the past (see all the posts on food in Europe.) With the exception of maybe one or two restaurants I've posted about, everything else is accessible for at least someone in my position.
I know that Thanksgiving is a very American holiday, so I'm sorry if you've felt excluded by the influx of posts about it. IRLF is run by people who are based in NY and the US, so (though I only really write posts) they write about what they know and experience, which I think is the most authentic way to run a food blog, but as a result, it makes it more difficult for it to be as worldly as a larger news site that's got correspondents all over the world. It's a difficult balance, but from what I've experienced, the site is constantly in flux with people who love food and want to change it for the better.
Thanks for all the comments on other posts too, I just went through them :) No worries, really. Your bento are absolutely gorgeous and adorable. I know you're young but I kind of wish you would submit a post about making them or something. The internet always needs more about Japanese food and culture :)
@KevEats@xanga - You're spot on. I have nothing else to say, ahaha.