The Easiest Thanksgiving Centerpiece I’ve Ever Made — Gatherings from The Kitchn

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When we got together and threw this year’s outdoor California Thanksgiving bash for The Kitchn I knew I wanted to have a centerpiece that was easy, colorful, and very California. This led me, naturally, into the easiest centerpiece I’ve ever created for a Thanksgiving table, and probably my favorite as well.

You too can do this; I swear it will only take you five minutes.

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Recipe: Fig Cranberry Sauce — Thanksgiving Recipes from The Kitchn

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When it comes to cranberry sauce, I am a cranberry-plus girl. Cranberries plus dried cherries; cranberries plus booze; and in this particular case, cranberries plus figs. It’s not that cranberries aren’t good on their own (they are!); it’s just that they play so well with so many other things.

This is a rich, jammy cranberry sauce with dried figs and plenty of spices — the perfect complement to our California-inspired Thanksgiving menu this year.

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts

If you show up at my father’s house with a bagful of fresh brussels sprouts to be cooked, he will howl and complain like a 3-year old confronted with liver and onions. Such then, is the sweet satisfaction of seeing this dyed-in-the-wool brussels sprouts avoider pick these roasted emerald jewels out of the pan and munch on them like candy.

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