Finish up with dessert: http://www.ranker.com/list/how-to-make-thanksgiving-dinner-part-6---recipe_pecan-pie/mandyg Stuffing Thanksgiving turkey is an art. Thanksgiving dinner stuffing itself can be tricky though. You don't want it to taste like trail mix. Turkey stuffing, gravy, a turkey...Hark! The season must truly be upon us. For the next installment in our Thanksgiving dining program is the traditional stuffing with a little cranberry-pecan zing. Salty and sweet, it's a delightful change from that stuff in a box you have to pry from the roof of your mouth with your tongue if possible...more likely a spoon or your finger. Don't let mom see that.

Part 4: http://www.ranker.com/list/how-to-make-thanksgiving-dinner-part-4-stuffing-your-turkey/mandyg Who doesn't love Thanksgiving Corn Casserole on that wonderful turkey day? Next up on our Thanksgiving menu, a divine dish for the side that is straight from carbohydrate heaven. This corn casserole is simple to create and will certainly hail applause from your dinner guests. They'll think you shaved the kernals straight from the ear. And didn't you? Wink wink.

Part 3: http://www.ranker.com/list/how-to-make-thanksgiving-dinner-part-3-corn-casserole/mandyg Stuffing Thanksgiving turkey down people throats becoming hard? Well, we need to make sure we have the right amount of Turkey gravy to wash that bad boy down. Continuing our Thanksgiving dinner endeavor, let's take a look at another feast staple, turkey gravy. It can save a dry turkey breast taking it from dog food to delicious. It enhances your mashed potatoes. It can even make the unidentifiable casseroles palatable. You can tell Aunt Edna you truly LOVED her black bean, egg and eggplant goodness. I think I just threw up in my mouth.

Part 2: http://www.ranker.com/list/how-to-make-thanksgiving-dinner-part-2-make-turkey-gravy/mandyg Ah, Thanksgiving dinner. Family, friends, leftover Thanksgiving dinner. All memories worth remembering, whoever you may be. Maybe it's your first time living away from the homestead and you feel that familiar nostalgia of autumn calling you to create that home feeling in your new place. Perhaps it's your first time making having the annual Thanksgiving feast at your house for the in-laws and just don't know where to begin. Whatever your reason for undertaking a preparative role in this time honored tradition, I know it can be an overwhelming and frightening task first time around. To help you along, just as mom did for me, I'm passing on a fully tested and random consumer approved batch of recipes that will help make a surprisingly delicious dinner. You can even gloat about it till next year. I won't tell.

This here's a two part-er, so don't get overwhelmed. We're going to learn to make a delicious Thanksgiving traditional pecan pie from my Grandma Mary's very own kitchen. This dessert is one of her forte items, so get ready for decadence! There are TWO sets of ingredients purchases so please read the entire recipe before dashing out to grab your goods and only end up with some gooey brown pie filling. That would be messy. You don't want messy on your Thanksgiving buffet. Trust me, the crust is a good idea.

Mushrooms sauteed, mushrooms garlic, stuffed mushrooms with mushroom soup. Do you know what 'shrooms to use on a pizza? In that soup? To have a good time? Let's get 'Shroom Savvy! Welcome to Shrooms 101!

Black hair babies? As the offspring of a white mama and a a black daddy, I have that mysterious hair in-between. After suffering under the naivete of my mother's best endeavors, I have a legacy of do's and don'ts for you would-be-torturers.

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Austin Galante and Juan Hooks, founding members of the Los Angeles based band, Bad Fathers. Actually, I sit around with them often, usually with a beer in hand. This time I thought I'd make it productive and help you, my readers, get to know the guys a bit and find out just why I like this band so much. Just a little caveat, these guys may come across lofty, but it's really all tongue in cheek and beer in hand. They were laughing at themselves pretty much the entire interview. If you are sensitive to R rated content, you may want to look away. Eyes rolling heavenward...Boys.

Torturing women has been commonplace in fashion since the beginning. Cloth couture, brand couture, cramped couture. Throughout history, fashion has dictated a sort of willful self-torture for females, often starting in the prepubescent period and even as early as preschool ages. From corsets to foot binding, style has led the feminine population to squeeze, alter, mutilate and asphyxiate themselves. I guess they were prepping us for co-ed living.