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When cooking turkey, timing is everything

The main challenge to cooking Thanksgiving dinner is

Photo credit: iStock | The main challenge to cooking Thanksgiving dinner is not the actual cooking, it's the timing. The sheer number of dishes, coupled with a bird that takes anywhere from 21/2 to 5 hours to cook, can give angst to even the most confident cook.

Erica Marcus

Erica Marcus (face disguised) is Newsday's food writer. Erica Marcus

Marcus has covered food for Newsday since 1998.

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We try to keep things fresh here at Burning Questions, but when Thanksgiving rolls around, most cooks just want to know how to pull off this most intimidating dinner of the year. Years ago, I came up with this plan of attack. I reread it every year, and offer it herewith to you.

The main challenge to cooking Thanksgiving dinner is not the actual cooking, it's the timing. The sheer number of...

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