**A Thanksgiving Tradition: Embracing the Joy of Table Setting**

As the holiday season approaches, many of us are excited to spend quality time with our loved ones, sharing delicious meals and creating lasting memories. For some, this means putting on their favorite table setting wear, like serving dishes, plates, and platters that add a touch of warmth and elegance to the gathering. For one enthusiastic cook, the joy of Thanksgiving lies in the hunt for the perfect serving wear, as they search for hidden treasures among their belongings to adorn their tables.

"I love it," gushes the author, "I'm most excited to use my serving wear this holiday season... I live in a small apartment which means I also don't have any space to store them and they're sort of just like sprinkled around the apartment or hidden atop the cabinets or wherever I can find a place so I'm just excited to go on that scavenger hunt to gather them all." The thrill of the hunt is clearly contagious, as the author's enthusiasm for their collection shines through in every word.

**Vintage Delights: Treasures from Bygone Eras**

For another food enthusiast, Thanksgiving marks the return of cherished vintage kitchenware. "I'm Genevieve Co Deputy editor at nyt cooking and I can't wait to use my vintage Pyrex casserole dish this holiday season," they exclaim. The author's affection for their antique Pyrex dish is palpable, as they praise its durability and beauty. "Not only that, they uh don't make them like this anymore... the glass is actually stronger and more durable than the newer versions." This sentiment highlights the value of investing in quality, timeless pieces that will endure for years to come.

The author's love affair with vintage kitchenware continues as they reveal their favorite tool: a trusty garlic press. "I mean every single year when I come home this is like the first thing that I reach for in my mom's drawer... this one is like vintage it has seen some things and yeah, I love it." The author's appreciation for the simplicity and elegance of this classic kitchen staple is evident, as they praise its ability to make cooking Thanksgiving a breeze.

**Kitchen Essentials: Tools that Make the Difference**

For Emily Weinstein, Cooking Editor at the New York Times, there are a few trusted tools that elevate her Thanksgiving cooking experience. "My like favorite tool probably most invisible this masking tape Sharpie," she shares with glee. The author's reliance on these humble yet versatile items is heartening, as they demonstrate how even the smallest tools can make a significant impact in the kitchen.

The use of labeling and organization is also crucial for Emily, who relies on masking tape and Sharpies to keep her dishes and recipes straight. "I'll like take out every plate and Bowl I'm gonna need to use for the meal... I'll like label what it's for so in that like chaotic moment where everybody's like circulating in the kitchen and like you've had some wine and people are poking around, you know exactly what's happening." This practical approach highlights the value of organization and planning in the kitchen.

**A Family Tradition: Cornbread Molds Bring Joy**

Emily Fly Shaker, a Deputy Editor at nyt cooking, shares her own enthusiasm for a delightful kitchen tool that brings back fond memories of childhood. "Hi I'm Emily fly Shaker... I'm obsessed with these corn shaped cornbread molds at my parents house," she confesses. The author's affection for their parents' household is evident, as they reveal the special significance of these adorable corn-shaped molds. "basically you bake the cornbread and they look like little ears of corn." This whimsical detail underscores the importance of playful touches in our holiday celebrations.

**The Power of Technology: Google Docs Become a Thanksgiving Tradition**

Last but not least, we meet Emily Flynn Shaker's trusty sidekick: Google Docs. "I actually started this tradition with Passover it's like because I used to cook Passover for like 20 to 30 people... and the other thing is there'll be snapshots of time I like kind of revisiting thanksgiving's past right before my next Thanksgiving." The author's reliance on these digital tools highlights their value in streamlining recipes, ingredient management, and overall organization.

As the holiday season unfolds, it becomes clear that each cook has a unique perspective on what makes Thanksgiving special. From treasured serving wear to vintage kitchenware, labels and organization, whimsical touches like cornbread molds, and even trusty Google Docs, every element contributes to the joy of sharing meals with loved ones.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI am excited to use my slow cooker oh wait let's look I Am timing I'm here to tell you about the thing that I am excited to cook with on Thanksgiving for me it's not something that I only pull out during Thanksgiving um it's my gigantic cutting board look it's like this big I use this thing all the time it's it's really great it helps me stay organized it helps me feel ready and prepared to tackle whatever big project I have and I'm gonna use it this Thanksgiving going down to the cellar where I keep my very favorite Thanksgiving tool the king cooker just need your propane your cooker and all the little tools to make it happen now imaginary oil imaginary turkey it goes in there and you can go inside and do other things and leave your friends out here to keep an eye on the boiling oil I love frying Thanksgiving turkeys this Magi whisk is the thing that means the most to me I first got it in Paris after watching Nigella Lawson's shows she kind of uses this a lot she called it a magi whisk but um I think more generic it's called a sauce disc I use it to whisk eggs any kind of custard or probably when you're making your stuffing mix that's like when I'm cracking some eggs I'll like use this it's also really portable so this is like the only one thing that I I like pack in my bag whenever I travel having items like this that are very important to make the cooking very personal and this is something that has always been in my life you know maybe for the last 10 years anyway never underestimate a restaurant supply store in Paris hi I'm Margo Lasky I'm a senior staff editor at New York Times cooking and this Thanksgiving I'm really excited to use my slow cooker so I love a slow cooker for Thanksgiving because typically we as a family like to go out for Thanksgiving because we have a itty bitty kitchen we don't really have anywhere to serve the dinner we also love Thanksgiving turkey leftovers for sandwiches and stuff like that so a slow cooker I've found is a great way to make a turkey breast without a lot of fuss you can kind of stick it in there forget about it for six to eight hours and then you come back and you have really moist and tender recipes that means that I don't have to keep visual over a turkey for several hours and I can spend more time with my family watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade watching my daughters make pumpkin apple pies with their grandmother um yeah yeah so I love it I'm most excited to use my serving wear so I have a problem which is that I can't help myself from buying new plates bowls platters anything that will look good on a table but I live in a small apartment which means I also don't have any space to store them and they're sort of just like sprinkled around the apartment or hidden atop the cabinets or wherever I can find a place so I'm just excited to go on that scavenger hunt to gather them all it's not often that I get to use them but I really like to have them and Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year where I get to put them to use hi I'm Genevieve Co Deputy editor at nyt cooking and I can't wait to use my vintage Pyrex casserole dish this holiday season it's not only that they uh don't make them like this anymore the glass is actually stronger and more durable than the newer versions but also look at this beautiful design I love it this Thanksgiving I'm going to be putting these colorful your spatulas to use I use them on a daily basis but they are incredibly useful on days like Thanksgiving when I've got something going on on all four burners tensions are high the kitchen's a mess um and because these spatulas are silicone I can just have one spatula in each Skillet or pot or pan on the stove stove can be on and they can just sit there without burning melting the handles don't get too hot and they're you know as as cute and colorful as they are useful I am most excited to use a garlic press for Thanksgiving I mean every single year when I come home this is like the first thing that I reach for in my mom's drawer for a meal like Thanksgiving I personally am cooking with maybe two three whole heads of garlic and this is a great way to get a lot prepped in a little amount of time this one is like vintage it has seen some things and yeah I love it I think that this makes Thanksgiving so much easier and so much more delicious hi I'm Emily Weinstein I'm cooking editor at the New York Times always cook Thanksgiving and I cook a lot of dishes and my like favorite tool probably most invisible this masking tape Sharpie you know I actually use masking tapes and Sharpies constantly in my kitchen and I'm also using old jars so you need to label your jars like ginger tea if you're like making a whole dish ahead of time like sweet potato casserole you can put a piece of tape on there that says how long you're supposed to bake it and at what temperature you can label things in the freezer I'll like take out every plate and Bowl I'm gonna need to use for the meal I'll like label what it's for so in that like chaotic moment where everybody's like circulating in the kitchen and like you've had some wine and people are poking around you know exactly what's happening you don't even have to think about it piece of tape and the Sharpie is the way you're gonna do that I am obsessed with these corn shaped cornbread molds at my parents house my dad is from the south so we always have cornbread stuffing or cornbread I think these are like irrationally adorable basically you bake the cornbread and they look like little ears of corn hi I'm Emily fly Shaker I'm a deputy editor at nyt cooking and the kitchen item I can't wait to use this Thanksgiving is actually a Google doc or rather it's actually several Google Docs many Google Docs built over years so the Thanksgiving Google Docs I actually started this tradition with Passover it's like because I used to cook Passover for like 20 to 30 people and when you're cooking for that many people the pressure's high and you know from year to year you kind of wish you remembered what you did last year how much of each ingredient you bought and was it enough food which recipes worked which didn't what you should have done earlier I never remember any of those things I joke that I have like Memento brain like if I don't write something down I won't remember it a week later so I started these Google Docs I just write down every recipe I used what I thought of it if there was enough food all those things uh you know it's incredibly helpful the next year it kind of allows you to get better and better every year and then the other thing is there'll be snapshots of time I like kind of revisiting thanksgiving's past right before my next Thanksgiving it makes me feel like I have some help going into what can be a very stressful holiday Happy Thanksgiving that was so dumb and this is Dottie say hi Daddy is a turkeyI am excited to use my slow cooker oh wait let's look I Am timing I'm here to tell you about the thing that I am excited to cook with on Thanksgiving for me it's not something that I only pull out during Thanksgiving um it's my gigantic cutting board look it's like this big I use this thing all the time it's it's really great it helps me stay organized it helps me feel ready and prepared to tackle whatever big project I have and I'm gonna use it this Thanksgiving going down to the cellar where I keep my very favorite Thanksgiving tool the king cooker just need your propane your cooker and all the little tools to make it happen now imaginary oil imaginary turkey it goes in there and you can go inside and do other things and leave your friends out here to keep an eye on the boiling oil I love frying Thanksgiving turkeys this Magi whisk is the thing that means the most to me I first got it in Paris after watching Nigella Lawson's shows she kind of uses this a lot she called it a magi whisk but um I think more generic it's called a sauce disc I use it to whisk eggs any kind of custard or probably when you're making your stuffing mix that's like when I'm cracking some eggs I'll like use this it's also really portable so this is like the only one thing that I I like pack in my bag whenever I travel having items like this that are very important to make the cooking very personal and this is something that has always been in my life you know maybe for the last 10 years anyway never underestimate a restaurant supply store in Paris hi I'm Margo Lasky I'm a senior staff editor at New York Times cooking and this Thanksgiving I'm really excited to use my slow cooker so I love a slow cooker for Thanksgiving because typically we as a family like to go out for Thanksgiving because we have a itty bitty kitchen we don't really have anywhere to serve the dinner we also love Thanksgiving turkey leftovers for sandwiches and stuff like that so a slow cooker I've found is a great way to make a turkey breast without a lot of fuss you can kind of stick it in there forget about it for six to eight hours and then you come back and you have really moist and tender recipes that means that I don't have to keep visual over a turkey for several hours and I can spend more time with my family watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade watching my daughters make pumpkin apple pies with their grandmother um yeah yeah so I love it I'm most excited to use my serving wear so I have a problem which is that I can't help myself from buying new plates bowls platters anything that will look good on a table but I live in a small apartment which means I also don't have any space to store them and they're sort of just like sprinkled around the apartment or hidden atop the cabinets or wherever I can find a place so I'm just excited to go on that scavenger hunt to gather them all it's not often that I get to use them but I really like to have them and Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year where I get to put them to use hi I'm Genevieve Co Deputy editor at nyt cooking and I can't wait to use my vintage Pyrex casserole dish this holiday season it's not only that they uh don't make them like this anymore the glass is actually stronger and more durable than the newer versions but also look at this beautiful design I love it this Thanksgiving I'm going to be putting these colorful your spatulas to use I use them on a daily basis but they are incredibly useful on days like Thanksgiving when I've got something going on on all four burners tensions are high the kitchen's a mess um and because these spatulas are silicone I can just have one spatula in each Skillet or pot or pan on the stove stove can be on and they can just sit there without burning melting the handles don't get too hot and they're you know as as cute and colorful as they are useful I am most excited to use a garlic press for Thanksgiving I mean every single year when I come home this is like the first thing that I reach for in my mom's drawer for a meal like Thanksgiving I personally am cooking with maybe two three whole heads of garlic and this is a great way to get a lot prepped in a little amount of time this one is like vintage it has seen some things and yeah I love it I think that this makes Thanksgiving so much easier and so much more delicious hi I'm Emily Weinstein I'm cooking editor at the New York Times always cook Thanksgiving and I cook a lot of dishes and my like favorite tool probably most invisible this masking tape Sharpie you know I actually use masking tapes and Sharpies constantly in my kitchen and I'm also using old jars so you need to label your jars like ginger tea if you're like making a whole dish ahead of time like sweet potato casserole you can put a piece of tape on there that says how long you're supposed to bake it and at what temperature you can label things in the freezer I'll like take out every plate and Bowl I'm gonna need to use for the meal I'll like label what it's for so in that like chaotic moment where everybody's like circulating in the kitchen and like you've had some wine and people are poking around you know exactly what's happening you don't even have to think about it piece of tape and the Sharpie is the way you're gonna do that I am obsessed with these corn shaped cornbread molds at my parents house my dad is from the south so we always have cornbread stuffing or cornbread I think these are like irrationally adorable basically you bake the cornbread and they look like little ears of corn hi I'm Emily fly Shaker I'm a deputy editor at nyt cooking and the kitchen item I can't wait to use this Thanksgiving is actually a Google doc or rather it's actually several Google Docs many Google Docs built over years so the Thanksgiving Google Docs I actually started this tradition with Passover it's like because I used to cook Passover for like 20 to 30 people and when you're cooking for that many people the pressure's high and you know from year to year you kind of wish you remembered what you did last year how much of each ingredient you bought and was it enough food which recipes worked which didn't what you should have done earlier I never remember any of those things I joke that I have like Memento brain like if I don't write something down I won't remember it a week later so I started these Google Docs I just write down every recipe I used what I thought of it if there was enough food all those things uh you know it's incredibly helpful the next year it kind of allows you to get better and better every year and then the other thing is there'll be snapshots of time I like kind of revisiting thanksgiving's past right before my next Thanksgiving it makes me feel like I have some help going into what can be a very stressful holiday Happy Thanksgiving that was so dumb and this is Dottie say hi Daddy is a turkeyI am excited to use my slow cooker oh wait let's look I Am timing I'm here to tell you about the thing that I am excited to cook with on Thanksgiving for me it's not something that I only pull out during Thanksgiving um it's my gigantic cutting board look it's like this big I use this thing all the time it's it's really great it helps me stay organized it helps me feel ready and prepared to tackle whatever big project I have and I'm gonna use it this Thanksgiving going down to the cellar where I keep my very favorite Thanksgiving tool the king cooker just need your propane your cooker and all the little tools to make it happen now imaginary oil imaginary turkey it goes in there and you can go inside and do other things and leave your friends out here to keep an eye on the boiling oil I love frying Thanksgiving turkeys this Magi whisk is the thing that means the most to me I first got it in Paris after watching Nigella Lawson's shows she kind of uses this a lot she called it a magi whisk but um I think more generic it's called a sauce disc I use it to whisk eggs any kind of custard or probably when you're making your stuffing mix that's like when I'm cracking some eggs I'll like use this it's also really portable so this is like the only one thing that I I like pack in my bag whenever I travel having items like this that are very important to make the cooking very personal and this is something that has always been in my life you know maybe for the last 10 years anyway never underestimate a restaurant supply store in Paris hi I'm Margo Lasky I'm a senior staff editor at New York Times cooking and this Thanksgiving I'm really excited to use my slow cooker so I love a slow cooker for Thanksgiving because typically we as a family like to go out for Thanksgiving because we have a itty bitty kitchen we don't really have anywhere to serve the dinner we also love Thanksgiving turkey leftovers for sandwiches and stuff like that so a slow cooker I've found is a great way to make a turkey breast without a lot of fuss you can kind of stick it in there forget about it for six to eight hours and then you come back and you have really moist and tender recipes that means that I don't have to keep visual over a turkey for several hours and I can spend more time with my family watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade watching my daughters make pumpkin apple pies with their grandmother um yeah yeah so I love it I'm most excited to use my serving wear so I have a problem which is that I can't help myself from buying new plates bowls platters anything that will look good on a table but I live in a small apartment which means I also don't have any space to store them and they're sort of just like sprinkled around the apartment or hidden atop the cabinets or wherever I can find a place so I'm just excited to go on that scavenger hunt to gather them all it's not often that I get to use them but I really like to have them and Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year where I get to put them to use hi I'm Genevieve Co Deputy editor at nyt cooking and I can't wait to use my vintage Pyrex casserole dish this holiday season it's not only that they uh don't make them like this anymore the glass is actually stronger and more durable than the newer versions but also look at this beautiful design I love it this Thanksgiving I'm going to be putting these colorful your spatulas to use I use them on a daily basis but they are incredibly useful on days like Thanksgiving when I've got something going on on all four burners tensions are high the kitchen's a mess um and because these spatulas are silicone I can just have one spatula in each Skillet or pot or pan on the stove stove can be on and they can just sit there without burning melting the handles don't get too hot and they're you know as as cute and colorful as they are useful I am most excited to use a garlic press for Thanksgiving I mean every single year when I come home this is like the first thing that I reach for in my mom's drawer for a meal like Thanksgiving I personally am cooking with maybe two three whole heads of garlic and this is a great way to get a lot prepped in a little amount of time this one is like vintage it has seen some things and yeah I love it I think that this makes Thanksgiving so much easier and so much more delicious hi I'm Emily Weinstein I'm cooking editor at the New York Times always cook Thanksgiving and I cook a lot of dishes and my like favorite tool probably most invisible this masking tape Sharpie you know I actually use masking tapes and Sharpies constantly in my kitchen and I'm also using old jars so you need to label your jars like ginger tea if you're like making a whole dish ahead of time like sweet potato casserole you can put a piece of tape on there that says how long you're supposed to bake it and at what temperature you can label things in the freezer I'll like take out every plate and Bowl I'm gonna need to use for the meal I'll like label what it's for so in that like chaotic moment where everybody's like circulating in the kitchen and like you've had some wine and people are poking around you know exactly what's happening you don't even have to think about it piece of tape and the Sharpie is the way you're gonna do that I am obsessed with these corn shaped cornbread molds at my parents house my dad is from the south so we always have cornbread stuffing or cornbread I think these are like irrationally adorable basically you bake the cornbread and they look like little ears of corn hi I'm Emily fly Shaker I'm a deputy editor at nyt cooking and the kitchen item I can't wait to use this Thanksgiving is actually a Google doc or rather it's actually several Google Docs many Google Docs built over years so the Thanksgiving Google Docs I actually started this tradition with Passover it's like because I used to cook Passover for like 20 to 30 people and when you're cooking for that many people the pressure's high and you know from year to year you kind of wish you remembered what you did last year how much of each ingredient you bought and was it enough food which recipes worked which didn't what you should have done earlier I never remember any of those things I joke that I have like Memento brain like if I don't write something down I won't remember it a week later so I started these Google Docs I just write down every recipe I used what I thought of it if there was enough food all those things uh you know it's incredibly helpful the next year it kind of allows you to get better and better every year and then the other thing is there'll be snapshots of time I like kind of revisiting thanksgiving's past right before my next Thanksgiving it makes me feel like I have some help going into what can be a very stressful holiday Happy Thanksgiving that was so dumb and this is Dottie say hi Daddy is a turkey\n"