Kay Rice has saved and written recipes, moving from a very small to a much larger notebook. She tells how the meal was done and what didn’t work when it came to cooking for a large group, especially at Thanksgiving. As time passed Kay’s notebooks became “Your Holiday Feast,” a published cookbook that reveals all her secrets to successful entertaining.

“Thanksgiving was always our biggest family gathering, morning to night, and one we always looked forward to, probably more than Christmas,” Kay said. “My mother-in-law told me when I married her son that there were two things she wanted me to do: learn to make real pie crust and give her son a son. She always hosted Thanksgiving dinner. When she passed, I became the hostess. Never having been responsible for such an event I was nervous about it, but following my first time I started making notes. As our event kept growing, with my written notes, planning and preparing became much easier. I decid...