Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes, Ideas, Decorations... You Name it!

You've found it. All the Thanksgiving dinner recipes, planning help, and resources you'll ever need. Stop looking elsewhere. Ignore other websites. Tell Google this is the only worthwhile Turkey Day site on the web.

Okay, just kidding-- that's probably taking it a bit too far. There are lots of great Thanksgiving recipe and idea web pages out there. There are plenty of places to find how to cook a turkey to perfection, or to decorate an autumn-themed table, or to make placecards or invitations. I should know... sometimes I feel like I've visited them all!

What makes this site different is that we have put (at least, tried to-- I don't want to get cocky) all of the information you'll ever need together in one place. After all, that's the whole point of this nifty little website-- if you need to know something about throwing a dinner party, whether it be for a special holiday or just for fun, we want you to be able to find it here. And while we're adding new pages all the time, please contact us if you have any suggestions, ideas, requests, whatever. We want to make this the most complete (and most useful) Turkey Day guide on the web.

Working toward that ambitious end, we've put together a pretty darned comprehensive guide to Thanksgiving Day (including Canadian, of course!), with recipes, tips for Turkey Day first-timers, decorating ideas, games, crafts, etc. We're also including lots of free resources that you'd probably have to pay for otherwise, including eBooks, cookbooks, and Turkey and Autumn printables. Do we do this out of the kindness of our hearts? Sure! But mostly because we want you to love this site-- and keep coming back for more.

The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

We've got tons of pages about cooking that holiday bird to perfection. This is more stuff than you ever wanted to know about turkey, I promise. From cooking methods to tips, to supply lists and cook times, you'll find it in our ULTIMATE Turkey Guide. (Sorry to shout. I wish they have a font style for “deep, dramatic movie announcer voice.”)

Click the graphic below (or, if you’re a traditionalist, follow this link) for our Ultimate Turkey Guide.

Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes and Tips

Pages and pages (eventually, that is-- we're adding all the time) of festive recipes, as well as tips for beginners.

Tips for a Successful First Thanksgiving Dinner: Planning your first Turkey Day dinner? Our great tips will help you choose the right Thanksgiving dinner recipes, ensuring that you don't get in over your head-- and that your dinner will be a roaring success. Eat your heart out, Grandma.

Buffet Table Set-Up Tips and Ideas: Setting up a buffet-style dinner this Turkey Day? These practical ideas make set-up a breeze, and keep serving (and eating) spills to a minimum. After all, who wants to scrub the rug while everyone else is having a post-turkey snooze?

General Thanksgiving Dinner Planning

Want to know how big a turkey to buy? How many side dishes to make? Want to figure out seating or invitations for a formal dinner? Get planning ideas, guides, and checklists here.

Supplies for Cooking Turkey
Planning a Dinner Menu
Planning a Dinner Party

Decorating Tips and Ideas

Looking to do something different with the dinner table decorations this year? Want some great centerpiece ideas? From weird-but-cool to elegantly traditional, we've got some great autumn-themed decoration ideas (and photos!) to dress up your table.

Creating Buffet Table Decorating and Serving Ideas: Don't want your holiday buffet table to look drab? Just because it's a buffet doesn't mean your Thanksgiving dinner recipes can't shine. Buffet doesn't equal boring! Check out these great ideas for buffet table decorating and serving.

Thanksgiving Games & Entertainment

If you're looking to keep the kiddos --both yours and your guests'-- entertained while the turkey's in the oven, or if you just want to avoid that lazy after-turkey snooze session, we have all the crafts, printables, and games to keep your guests on their feet-- and keep the little ones quiet.

Adult Dinner Party Games: From party icebreakers (to help guests get to know each other) to drinking games to fun word games to play during Thanksgiving dinner itself, these party games are sure to keep your Thanksgiving lively. Just add a few great Thanksgiving dinner recipes to get the party started!