Lee Hefter's Family Thanksgiving

By Food & Wine
Updated May 23, 2017
Credit: © Lucy Schaeffer
From incredible squash soup to a maple-syrup gravy, Los Angeles chef Lee Hefter's Thanksgiving menu celebrates his East Coast roots.
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Winter Squash Soup with Pie Spices

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Lee Hefter loves the spices used for pumpkin pie, so he makes this silky, fragrant soup with them.

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Herb-Roasted Turkey with Maple Gravy

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Even though he’s lived in Los Angeles for 11 years, Hefter gravitates to people from the East Coast, who, like him, might have seen the fall foliage every year and watched maple syrup being tapped. “When you grow up with these memories,” he says, “you want to share them.” He thinks adding maple syrup to gravy makes it go better with all the traditional Thanksgiving side dishes.

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Creamed Cipollini Onions and Mushrooms

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Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Bacon

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The pleasantly bitter brussels sprouts sautéed with chestnuts and smoked bacon are a perfect side dish.

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Georgia Pecan Pie

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Buttermilk Ham and Cheese Biscuits

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Hefter gets so caught up in cooking Thanksgiving dinner that he hardly has time to eat it. He has a turkey-and-stuffing sandwich on these biscuits while he’s cleaning up.

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