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Mario Batali of ABC's weekday cooking series "The Chew" has advice for anyone attempting Thanksgiving dinner. "Well I tell them to take a good, deep breath, assemble their information, write a menu that they think they can execute well and then build a prep list that starts on Monday and culminates on Thursday," he says. "It's more than a one-day thing." So if you're reading this with your Sunday TV book, that means you should have everything you need in house by end of day, including your recipes. That way you can hit the ground running tomorrow. Then it's on to assembling the raw ingredients. You can slice all your vegetables on Monday, peel and cube your potatoes on Tuesday and leave them in water. If you're brining your turkey, you'd begin this on Tuesday as well and continue on Wednesday. You can also make your stuffing on Wednesday. Of course, everything doesn't necessarily have to fall into this exact order but the idea is to spread out the work so you're not struggling to get everything done at the last minute. And, cautions Batali, you should never shop for ingredients on Wednesday. "The Wednesday shopper is prey to everything they want you to be prey to in a grocery store," he says. By Thursday, the lion's share of the work should be done so that the cooking can begin in earnest. "All I really have to do is go through the rudimentary steps of cooking and bringing to heat all the things on the very last day," he says. "... Then I have a timing schedule on Thursday, half hour by half hour, to make sure I get everything done." The idea, says Batali, is to take the stress off the cook so that they can actually enjoy themselves and be thankful for this day. "You should really do a lot of prep so that by the time the day comes, you can spend a lot of time with your guests," he says. BY GEORGE DICKIE What book are you currently reading? "Right now, I'm actually reading 'The Red Rooster Cookbook' by Marcus Samuelsson, who is a fascinating dude. And I was in Seattle, we were on a book tour at the same time last week and he's a fascinating guy and has a lot of interesting things to say. In the fiction world, I'm just finishing up 'Heroes of the Frontier' by Dave Eggers." What is your next project? "I'm promoting my cookbook ('Big American Cookbook: 250 Recipes From Across the USA') but we're opening an Eataly in Boston in the third week of November." What did you have for dinner last night? "Last night, I had a pastrami sandwich from Second Avenue Deli." When was your last vacation, where and why? "The last vacation we took as a family was we were in Portofino (Italy) and then in the south of France on a little boat." 'The Chew's' Mario Batali is the man with the Thanksgiving plan Page 8 November 21 - 27, 2016 Hockey TUESDAY 7:00 p.m. NBCSN NHL St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins. From TD Garden in Boston. (N Subject to Blackout) WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN NHL Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning. From Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. (N Subject to Blackout) 10:00 p.m. NBCSN NHL Chicago Blackhawks at San Jose Sharks. From the SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, Calif. (N Subject to Blackout) FRIDAY 1:00 p.m. WNDU 0 NHL New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers. From Wells Fargo Center in Phil- adelphia. (N) 4:00 p.m. CSNCH NHL Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks. From the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. (N) RugBy FRIDAY 2:30 p.m. NBCSN Premiership Rugby Northampton vs. Newcas- tle. (N) SATURDAY 12:30 p.m. NBCSN Pre- miership Rugby Teams TBA. (N Same-day Tape) SUNDAY 2:30 p.m. NBCSN Pre- miership Rugby Teams TBA. (N Same-day Tape) skAting SUNDAY 4:00 p.m. WNDU 0 Fig- ure Skating ISU Grand Prix: NHK Trophy. From Sapporo, Japan. (N Same- day Tape) socceR MONDAY 2:55 p.m. NBCSN English Premier League Soccer West Bromwich Albion FC vs Burnley FC. Burnley's only previous PL away match against West Brom ended in a 4-0 defeat on Sept. 28, 2014. (N) TUESDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN MLS Toronto FC at Montreal Impact. Toronto takes on On or Off-Site Catering All Occasions Dine under the glow of gas lanterns Breakfast and Lunch Meals also available Open Tuesday through Saturday RETIRE WORK Take Control of Your Future 64825 County Road 31 Goshen, IN 46528 1-866-764-1601 www.QualityDriveAway.com See America and Supplement Your Income!! Get Paid to Deliver Vehicles Throughout the U.S. & Canada Retiring Doesn't have to be Scary We Have Vehicles for Every License Type! Call Us Today!

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