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Spicing up the meal: cinnamon, nutmeg and more
On the bubbly side
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Wines, champagne, and more
Tools of the trade
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Pan, two different types of thermometers, a grater, metal baster, and a torch
Setting places
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Cloth napkins, napkin holders, and silverware
Serving dishes, all set
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For your salad dressing, in this case
Essentials carriers
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Turkey serving platter, silver serving forks, gravy container, popover bowl, and plates
Behold the place setting
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Water glass, soup bowl with lid, salad plate, dinner plate, cloth napkin, and gourd with placecard
Substitute soup bowl...
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...also known as, a hollow pumpkin! For those unexpected guests.
Creating placecards
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What you'll need to make the cards for the gourds
Table fit for your guests
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The gorgeous, set table, ready for action
Stuff those mushrooms!
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Chef Tori Ritchie opts for serrano ham stuffed mushrooms, for an appealing appetizer.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen
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Ritchie flavors the bird, placing butter, herbs and other ingredients between the skin and the meat.
Can't forget the gravy!
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Ritchie pours turkey stock into pan with other choice ingredients, stirs and -- presto! The perfect gravy.
Fruits of labor of love
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The finished bird
Just desserts
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Teacups, pastries, a tart, and more
Afterwards...
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Let the leftovers begin! Here, a turkey pot pie.
It IS soup yet!
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Delicious roast turkey vegetable soup with rice. Main ingredients: leftovers!
Luscious leftovers
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The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm (left) and Ritchie contemplate them
Enticing leftovers
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Turkey sandwiches, Ritchie-style: turkey paninis, which are tiny pressed sandwiches
Gifts as guests head home
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In a rather new twist, you could put leftovers in ribbon-bedecked gift boxes with names of the recipients on them.