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• Martha the Cookbook

  100 Favorite Recipes, With Lessons and Stories From My Kitchen

  Stewart, Martha,

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  The icon, the legend, our neighbor down the road Martha Stewart leads off this list. Martha's turkey features a brioche stuffing. Becuase Brioche is an inherently moist bread it releases moisture into the bird as well as its eggy flavor for a more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Guy Fieri Family Food

  125 Real-deal Recipes : Kitchen Tested, Home Approved

  Fieri, Guy,

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  The meat lovers will go crazy for this one. Fieri keeps the moisture in his Thanksgiving Day bird by wrapping it in bacon, and let's be honest...everything is better with bacon.

• Appetites

  Bourdain, Anthony,

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  The late great Anthony Bourdain's book gives you a multiday Thanksgiving prep list, but the unique factor here is brought on by the addition of fish sauce which brings a distinct umami flavor to the bird, this will be a theme on the list.

• Home

  Recipes to Cook With Family and Friends

  Voltaggio, Bryan, 1976-

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  Bryan Voltaggio rose to fame for his brilliant fine dining modernist cuisine. His book "Home" translates that style into everyday cooking. For his turkey, Voltaggio recommends using Mayo, which keeps the bird moist, and baking it on a bed of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Marcus Off Duty

  the Recipes I Cook at Home

  Samuelsson, Marcus

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  Acclaimed celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson offers up a turkey bursting with flavor as he roasts it with harissa, a North African chili paste that adds a lovely warmth and spice when used properly.

• Old-school Comfort Food

  the Way I Learned to Cook

  Guarnaschelli, Alex, 1969-

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  This librarian found Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli's Turkey to be especially enticing. That is becuase Guarnaschelli suggest making a stuffing that contains pepperoni! Amongst other yummy tidbits.

• The Epicurious Cookbook

  Steel, Tanya

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  Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio has his favorite bird recipe in this collection. Colicchio's secret? As much butter as possible! The recipe calls for two plus sticks of butter and the addition of a herb butter to finish.

• Barefoot Contessa, How Easy Is That? :

  Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips

  Garten, Ina

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  Ina garten also goes the butter route for jazzing up her bird, but of course the Long Island legend uses truffle butter to create a rich savory taste that makes the bird special.

• O, the Oprah Magazine Cookbook

  175 Delicious Recipes to Savor With Friends & Family

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  Want to try something a little healthier? The Oprah Magazine recipe suggests a wild rice stuffing. Wild rice while not as popular as white or brown rice is an excellent source of fiber and antioxidents.

• The New York Times Country Weekend Cookbook

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  Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson contributes this NYT book's Turkey recipe. Lawson's recipe is all about the brine which features mustard seed amongst an assortment of other spices.

• Lidia's Family Table

  Bastianich, Lidia

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  These last two recipes feature more common varieties of umami forward ingredients. Unlike Bourdain's fish sauce or Garten's truffles, savant of Italian cooking Lidia Bastianich chooses to use a balsamic glaze to infuse her turkey with both sweetness…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Short-Cut Cook

  How to Make Simply Wonderful Meals With Surprisingly Little Effort

  Pépin, Jacques

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  Last but not least Julia Child's old friend and culinary giant Jacques Pepin surpisingly does not go French to level up his Turkey cooking, but instead uses soy sauce!