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JUMP TO RECIPES If you’re reading this on December 23rd, I already know what kind of day you’re having. The grocery store was chaos. The menu you had planned last week doesn’t quite work anymore. Guests are still texting “What can I bring?” and Christmas dinner feels closer than comfortable. I know this feeling well — because December 23rd is one of the busiest days of the year for me at Buckeye Chef. This is the day when plans shift, stress spikes, and people realize they

The first sound of Thanksgiving morning wasn’t the soft hum of a simmering stock pot or the gentle crackle of an oven preheating—it was my alarm. And then… my snooze button. Once. Twice. Maybe three times. Eventually, though, responsibility—and the promise of a perfectly roasted turkey—pulled me upright. The house was still quiet, the kind of quiet that makes you feel like you're the only person awake in the world. I walked through the dim hallway, down the stairs, and into t