Best of food and drink: Thanksgiving edition | canada.com

?A round-up of some of our favourite recipes and food-related features this week including recipes for a turkey-free Thanksgiving dinner and a truly boozy festive punch, and a selection of wines to serve at your feast.

Thanks, but hold the turkey

Spinach and Yam Phyllo Parcels with Feta and Nuts (Adrian Lam, Times Colonist)

Roast Salmon with Sweet and Sour Five-spice Cranberry Sauce (Adrian Lam, Times Colonist)

These three recipes from Eric Akis would make delicious alternatives to turkey for Thanksgiving dinner: Roast Rack of Pork with Sage, Mustard, Apples and Cider Jus, Spinach and Yam Phyllo Parcels with Feta and Nuts, and Roast Salmon with Sweet and Sour Five-spice Cranberry Sauce. As a side dish, try Akis? recipe for?Smooth and Light Mashed Potatoes.

Ingredient of the week: bacon

Boozy Bacon Jam (photograph courtesy of spoon fork bacon)

Kick off your Thanksgiving meal with a Maple Bacon Manhattan or a starter of Boozy Bacon Jam, which can be served warm or chilled.

David Rocco?s Green Bean Salad and Apple Yogurt Cake

David Rocco?s Green Bean Salad (Insalata Di Fagiolini, Nathan Denette/CP)

Apple Yogurt Cake (Torta Di Mele Delle Roccettes, Nathan Denette/CP)

Chef, TV show host and cookbook author David Rocco shares his tips for putting together a successful Thanksgiving dinner, as well as three recipes from ?Made in Italy?: Green Bean Salad (Insalata Di Fagiolini), Potato Cake (Gateau Di Patate), and Apple Yogurt Cake (Torta Di Mele Delle Roccettes).

Cardamom Cranberry Pear Crisp

Photograph by Matthew Mead, AP

For a fruity finish to your Thanksgiving feast, try this recipe for Cardamom Cranberry Pear Crisp. Total cooking time is 1 hour 15 minutes, with only 15 minutes active.

The Best Pumpkin Pie

Photograph courtesy of Robert Rose

Make this traditional Thanksgiving dessert from scratch using your own homemade pumpkin pur?e and The Best Pumpkin Pie recipe from Toronto?s All the Best Fine Foods.

Thanksgiving long weekend wines

Michael Godel (photographs courtesy of Marc Rochette, marcrochette.com)

Michael Godel recommends six wines to choose from for the Thanksgiving long weekend.

One boozy Thanksgiving punch

Photograph by Stuart Gradon, Calgary Herald

No apologies ? this is one boozy Thanksgiving punch. The Cape Fear Punch combines sparkling wine, rye whiskey, dark rum and Cognac with citrus and spice.

And to finish, some tasty inspiration from the blog world:

- Every on-screen drink in Mad Men in five minutes via Slackatory
- Mile End?s Brussels Sprouts with Candied Walnuts and Apples from Serious Eats
- A Vegetarian Harvest Dinner and Maple Squares with Walnuts from Saveur
- Turkey Confit from Ideas in Food
- Kevin Gillespie?s Creamless Creamed Corn from Food52

Source: http://o.canada.com/2012/10/05/best-of-food-and-drink-thanksgiving-edition/

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