Now that you’ve had your fair share of stuffing and an extra slice of pumpkin pie, it’s time to sit back and take advantage of Black Friday in the comfort of your own home. Today I’m gathering up the very best deals for the home cook that you can find all over the internet. I’ll update this list as things become available (or disappear!) and will organize the list by our favorite retailers.

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You might roll your eyes at the long lines and obsessed shoppers during Black Friday, but there are few great deals today — especially for the home cook — that should be considered. All day long I’m rounding up all the best retailer sales so you have an easy place to look. In this search, I discovered what I think is the very best deal you can get for the kitchen. Want to see what it is?

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From Apartment Therapy → The Flip Side to Black Friday: Gifts to Feel Good About from Etsy (Starting at Just $6!)

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I adore the weekend after Thanksgiving. It’s long and replete with leftovers, and it’s also when I get seriously excited about planning Christmas gifts. This weekend is still early enough to start a project like DIY vanilla or cocktail bitters, or to make a big batch of caramels, but not too early to freeze some dough for homemade puppy treats.

If you need a few fresh ideas for homemade holiday gifts this year, take a look! We have 15 homemade gifts from the kitchen (or for the kitchen) that you can get a head start on this weekend.

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As a food writer and sometime culinary student, I’m used to people having expectations of me around the holidays. They assume that I’ll cook (or at least eat) some fancy or unusual take on the classic dishes. And once upon a time, this was true.

In the early 2000s, just as I was beginning to get serious about my love of food and cooking, I was enamored of the new and the novel. Eschewing the holiday food traditions of my childhood — the only two times of the year when my mom spent any significant amount of time in the kitchen — I’d labor over turkey breast roulades with pancetta and chestnuts, Moroccan carrots, and roast cauliflower with feta and oregano.

But that all changed after my mom died.

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I was born in late November in the late 1960s in England. It is, in many ways, a wonderful place (thank you for Great British Bake Off, Stephen Fry, and The Smiths). But it is a country that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving.

So, when I met an American woman in an Irish bar in 1994, I didn’t know anything about the holiday. (I did learn, however, that the difference between Green Salad and Mixed Salad — according to the waitress who took our order — was that Mixed Salad “had some red in it.”)

I didn’t know that, four months later, when I arrived in New York, my birthday would no longer be my birthday, falling as it does on Thanksgiving Week. (I didn’t know that if I were to order a sandwich in a deli, it would come so over-laden with meats and cheeses that it could feed a family of four for at least a fortnight, not that “fortnight” was a word anyone used.)

I didn’t know that Thanksgiving would become my very favorite holiday, even now.

Here is what I am thankful for.

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Your last guest has departed. Dirty plates are piled in the sink, leftover food sits on every surface, and your tablecloth is stained with red wine splatters and gravy drips. It’s time to clean up, which, for some, is the worst part of hosting the Thanksgiving meal.

Fear not! We put together an upbeat, Motown-inspired playlist to liven the mood and make this dreaded chore fly by.

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If sandwiches are your go-to for tackling Thanksgiving leftovers, let this triple-decker sandwich be the one you reach for. Inspired by classic club sandwiches, this seasonal twist relies on fresh-cut turkey, and swaps the tomato for cranberry sauce and the lettuce for leftover Brussels sprouts.

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While the orange spuds get plenty of attention all year long, they come into their crowning glory on Thanksgiving. Because of their natural sweetness, they can be incorporated into every part of the Thanksgiving meal, from side dishes to dessert to breakfast the morning of. Here are 15 tasty ways to dig into sweet potatoes this holiday.

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