
If you're hosting
Thanksgiving at your house, then hopefully you've started
planning your menu. Once you've decided on the menu lineup, don't wait to stock up on seasonal essentials. Three days before, shop for herbs, spices, seasonings, and other specialty Thanksgiving ingredients, as they'll be the first to go out of stock at the store.

With
Thanksgiving a couple of weeks away now is a good time to
plan your menu. I planned mine over the weekend. Here are some things one should take into consideration when deciding what dishes to serve on the big day.

Buying a turkey can be a daunting task: it should be big enough to feed a crowd, but have plenty of meat for leftovers. It also has to fit inside your oven, deep fryer, or brining vessel. Then there's the question of fresh versus frozen?

At the
Food Network NYC Wine and Food Festival last month, my favorite demonstration was
Bobby Flay's. Although it was early October, Flay had
Thanksgiving on the mind. He loves the food-centric holiday so much that every year, he wakes up at 5 a.m.

Happy
Thanksgiving! We hope you're enjoying the best feast of the year. However, if your meal is turning out to be more hell's kitchen than heavenly bliss, you may want to give one of these numbers a call.