Expert Advice

But did it ever leave? Plus: malnutrition in the nation's "salad bowl."

Dill-pickle-chip chicken? Salt-and-vinegar-chip chicken? Japanese-shrimp-chip chicken? The possibilities are as wide as the snack aisle.

(And no, we're not talking about unbuttoning your pants.)

Or, at the very least, less painful.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

And make short ribs with it. Recommended soundtrack: Jerry Lee Lewis's "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee."

Rule number one: no unsolicited appetizers.

No time to thaw? No problem. Just stick that baby right in the oven.

Forget about underbaking. This simple ingredient swap guarantees soft cookies every time.

The tale of an oven set to 400 degrees—give or take 30.

Brining sucks, basting sucks, actually turkey also kind of sucks, and nobody agrees on cranberry sauce either: we present a cornucopia of Epi staffers' most deeply held Thanksgiving opinions.

Time to set your clocks forward on Thanksgiving dinner.

Plus: Minnesotans meet around meat pies.

It's about way more than what's on the plate.

A sad and beautiful baking song by Patty Griffin, paired with a recipe for sweet potato pie.

This trick will bring change to your pie crust game.

New year, new vegducken—and this year's is extra-Thanksgiving-y.

Chili's delicious—most of the time. Here are all the ways to serve it, from worst to best.