The Thanksgiving table is the centerpiece of the holiday. Imagine if this grand tradition were magnified, with nearly 100,000 ...

Martha Stewart has an encyclopedic level of knowledge about hosting that we should really take advantage of. These are some ...

The near-perfect right-handed tear was likely the doing of Nora A. (Garrity) Gavin, who on that piece of paper penned a short description of her first Thanksgiving gathering in 1929 at the home of ...

Many years ago, I had seventeen people at my table on Thanksgiving Day. The guest list included local friends as well as family from afar. I spent a whole month preparing. I rented chairs, bought an ...

Julia O'Malley Anchorage-based Julia O'Malley, a former ADN reporter, columnist and editor, is writer in residence at Anchorage Museum. She received James Beard national food writing awards in ...

Every other day of the year, I revel in a table thoughtfully set with treasured china, linen napkins, and etched glassware. But on Thanksgiving, I’ve come to cherish those paper plates—a sign of so ...

Before setting the table, check your supplies. Ensure you have enough plates, glasses and silverware for everyone. If anything is missing, buy it in advance. This avoids last-minute trips to the ...

Plates: on sale for $59.99 Original price: $99.99 A Thanksgiving-themed plate set makes for a festive table. (Pfaltzgraff) You need large, festive plates for Thanksgiving.

It was usually kids who set the table. Early in our table-setting careers, we were keen for the task. Later, we’d whine that, “We did it laaaast night”. But we could all do it.

(Tamytha Cameron Photography) Layer the setting according to the menu. A basic formal table setting includes a charger, dinner plate, bread plate, salad fork, dinner fork and a knife.