In Defense of a Bland Thanksgiving

Heedayah Lockman/Eater I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I look forward to the monotony of the traditional Thanksgiving menu every year The American Thanksgiving menu is irredeemably boring. Roast turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and vegetable casseroles all strike the same note of soft, fatty, carby blandness, with cranberry sauce offering the meal’s only hope of zing. Abundance is the whole point of the holiday, so this tedious dinner results in mountains of monotone leftovers. I am embarrassed to admit this, but I look forward to it every year.Plenty of people aren’t...