Thanksgiving is near, yes, and it’s crunch time already. Hosting requires many things, including turkey-cooking techniques.

How long you cook your turkey will depend on its size ... turkey completely in aluminum foil, as you would a baked potato. Place the turkey breast-down in the turkey pan or rack then put in ...

In order to bake a tart of a particular size as the recipe states, you need a tart pan of that size, right? Wrong! Amanda Hesser of Food52 shows a simple trick to turn any sheet pan into a custom ...

Off heat, return turkey, breast side up, to pot along with any accumulated juices. 3. Fit large piece of aluminum foil over pot, ­pressing to seal, then cover tightly with lid. Transfer pot to ...

This allows the breast ... cooked turkey with foil and think it’s A-OK to help keep the meat warm; just be sure to loosely cover it (rather than sealing the edges around the roasting pan rim).

Spatchcocking turkey ... breast registers 150°F, 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours and 15 minutes, rotating baking sheet from front to back halfway through roasting time. Tent turkey with aluminum ...