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From W be easy Chicago, this is Nurdett. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend and the Friday before Thanksgiving no less.

Coming up to Mar Adler talks about her cooking philosophy, a combination of realism and delight.

It's the way a pursuit of pleasure can actually help one be more economical

and save money and time.

She also just happens to be the Queen of Leftovers,

which is perfect given the upcoming holiday.

But first, let's get into the actual Thanksgiving meal.

Lots of us love a Thanksgiving dinner because it's got the classics we can count on like

pecan pie or stuffing, but sometimes it's fun to mix things up. My family, for example, is skipping the turkey this year,

which I'm pretty excited about, but you know there will still be green bean casserole because my father is insisting upon it. Here to give us some other menu ideas, both riffs on

classics and totally new stuff to put on the table is Tanya Holland. My cuisine is comfort

food. You know we always had yams on the menu we always had

collard greens we always had mac and tea has a black-eye salad so it's just

like it's quintessential soul food and cornbread too always had that so you know around

Thanksgiving I'm like well you know I think we are pretty good. She was executive

chef and owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland and she's the author of three cookbooks most recently California soul which I am obsessed with

Tanya welcome to Nurdette

Thank you, Gretz. It's great to be here. I am so excited to have you. So what is the absolute must have for your personal Thanksgiving table?

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