{"id":67504,"date":"2022-11-21T11:14:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=67504"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:14:19","slug":"thanksgiving-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/thanksgiving-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The recipe for a good Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chef Mark Molinaro, associate executive director and associate teaching professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, knows a thing or two about the pressure of cooking the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. His secret? Throwing out the “perfect” and making the kind of meal that feeds his people and doesn’t run him and the other chefs in his kitchen ragged. <\/em>The NAU Review asked Chef Mark to share some of the ways his family makes the day fun for everyone.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cooking for thousands of people a day can be thrilling \u2026 if that is your profession. Cooking for 8-10 people once or twice a year can cause even the strongest family members to silently weep into their pillows. Here are a few tips and tricks of the culinary trade that will hopefully make your thanksgiving\/holiday cooking more manageable and dare I say \u2026 more enjoyable?!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No. 1: Plan your work, then work your plan.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My dad drilled this saying into my sister\u2019s and my head for decades \u2026 and he was right. During the planning stages, you decide what to cook, which dictates<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Molinaros out of the kitchen: Mark, Christina, Luke and Shane.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

how the time will unfold before your guests arrive. Here are some things to consider:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n