How to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner: Recommended Recipe Books

An expert guide to pull off the perfect Turkey Day by long-time New York Times food editor Sam Sifton. From cranberry sauce to cocktails to clean up and leftovers, it "changed how I look at Thanksgiving, and that Thanksgiving changed how I view entertaining,” declared Food editor Ashlie D. Stevens on Salon.com.

Get ready to cozy up this fall with the latest from the beloved London-based chef and bestselling cookbook author. Featuring 100 global recipes that redefine comfort food like Cheesy Bread Soup, Caramelized Onion Orecchiette and Garlicky Aligot Potato. The longtime Guardian columnist’s inventive dishes are heartwarming, satisfying, and perfect for your holiday table and the cooler months ahead.

Get pie lessons from the two South Dakota-raised sisters whose cult Brooklyn pie shop has become the stuff of legend. Even famed restaurateur Danny Meyer is a fan: “The pies we tasted from Four & Twenty Blackbirds were so satisfying and deliriously delicious that they left every other pie we sampled in the dust.”

No Thanksgiving meal would be complete without the long extended “meal before the meal” to soak up the holiday cocktails. This is one of our favorite manuals for assembling gorgeous appetizers.

From pumpkin specialties to winter cocktails to cooking a big bird with stuffing, this book was recommended on NPR for its “reassuringly hefty and comprehensive” compendium that is “guaranteed to warm you from the inside out.”

While not just for Thanksgiving, this perennial bestseller of 85 comfort food recipes from the beloved Ina Garten includes great ideas for side dishes (English roasted potatoes) and desserts (Banana Rum Trifle) as well as alternatives to turkey.

No need to wait for actual snowflakes to pull off the ultimate cozy theme for your next Thanksgiving. This fun bar manual is stocked with novel ideas for wintry signature cocktails like rosemary G&T's to Irish Coffee and Maple Bourbon cider.