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After 45 years of cooking, I've had my share of Thanksgiving Day disasters! I'll never forget the Thanksgiving when the turkey wasn't done, and my family and friends were starving.

Thankfully, no pun intended, I had defrosted a package of pork chops for dinner the next day. That year we had fried pork chops, cornbread dressing with cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables, mac and cheese, dinner rolls and a vast array of desserts.

One of the many things that I learned that year, and during this stressful and unusual year, is to be thankful for the good things in life, while preparing as much as...