Your Spiciest Thanksgiving Hot Takes with NYT Cooking

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

New York Times Cooking columnist Eric Kim says he’s perfected the Thanksgiving sweet potato casserole (hint: big marshmallows, but halved). Recipe developer Sue Li has a collection of Thanksgiving flavor-inspired pie recipes for bakers of all skill levels. And editor Tanya Sichynsky, who writes “The Veggie” newsletter for the Times, argues you can easily replace the bird with tofu – and even use tofu in your potatoes and desserts. We’ll talk with all three about what they’re bringing to the table this year, and we’ll hear your spiciest Thanksgiving takes and recommendations. Guests: Eric Kim, food and cooking columnist, The New York Times; author, "Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home" Sue Li, recipe developer, The New York Times Tanya Sichynsky, editor for the Food and Cooking sections, The New York Times; author of the weekly vegetarian newsletter "The Veggie" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1	Inflation and fears of a turkey shortage from a bout of avian flu are some of the reasons turkey-less
0:38.8	Thanksgiving started trending on social media recently, which was just fine with New York
0:43.4	Times cooking's Tanya Sincensky, who says you can easily make a tofu dish the centerpiece.
0:48.8	And Eric Kim says he has the perfect sweet potato casserole for you.
0:52.9	Sue Lee, who's developed six Thanksgiving-inspired pies, says,
0:56.4	skip the bird and go straight to dessert.
0:58.6	All three members of the Times cooking team are here with me to take your Thanksgiving meal questions
1:03.2	and share their holiday hot take.
1:05.4	Sue Lee, recipe developer for the New York Times.
1:07.6	Welcome to Forum.
1:09.6	Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here. Well, glad to have you with us. Eric Kim is Food and Cooking columnist for the Times. Welcome back, Eric. Thank you. This is my third time. I love the show. Wow. Well, appreciate you coming back. And Tanya Sachensky is editor for the Food and Cooking Sect, Anne writes the Times Weekly Vegetarian Newsletter, The Vegi.
1:29.7	Glad to have you with us, too, Tanya.
1:31.9	Hi, thanks so much for having me.
1:33.5	So I'll start with you.
1:34.7	For those looking for a turkey replacement or some kind of centerpiece that could be, you know,
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