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    Holiday Gravy: To Veg or Not to Veg

    Susan Volland is a Seattle-based chef, recipe tester and food writer. Her first book, Mastering Sauces: The Home Cook's Guide to New Techniques for Fresh Flavors , teaches the fundamentals of sauce-making. Learn to finish your dishes with 150 recipes and flavors from around the world.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Nov 20, 2015 • 1 min read

    Susan Volland is a Seattle-based chef, recipe tester and food writer. Her first book, Mastering Sauces: The Home Cook's Guide to New Techniques for Fresh Flavors, teaches the fundamentals of sauce-making. Learn to finish your dishes with 150 recipes and flavors from around the world.

    Try her recipes for both classic holiday gravy and her savory meatless gravy on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "Hometown" by Splendid

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    Thanksgiving Spatchcocked Turkey, Gravy & Sweet Potato Pie
    1. 0:29Chef David LeFevre's Thanksgiving Day Game Plan
    2. 10:24What's a Spatchcocked Turkey?
    3. 17:24Holiday Gravy: To Veg or Not to VegYou’re reading this
    4. 27:05It's not Gluttony, It's Thanksgiving
    5. 33:37A Native American Thanksgiving Table
    6. 41:41Vegetables for Your Thanksgiving Table
    7. 50:17Market Report
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Thanksgiving Spatchcocked Turkey, Gravy & Sweet Potato Pie
    1. 0:29Chef David LeFevre's Thanksgiving Day Game Plan
    2. 10:24What's a Spatchcocked Turkey?
    3. 17:24Holiday Gravy: To Veg or Not to VegYou’re reading this
    4. 27:05It's not Gluttony, It's Thanksgiving
    5. 33:37A Native American Thanksgiving Table
    6. 41:41Vegetables for Your Thanksgiving Table
    7. 50:17Market Report
    Back to Good Food