mustard

We all know what secret sauce is. It goes by a lot of different names, but seemingly every decent burger joint has some form of it. In-n-Out has spread. McDonald's has the oh-so-clever Special Sauce. Shake Shack has Shack Sauce. What's it called? I call it secret sauce, but you can call it whatever you want — point being, every burger lover should learn how to make it.

Our dream Thanksgiving spread includes all of these sauces. Giblet gravy and orange-cardamom cranberry sauce for the turkey, cranberry mustard for the ham, red wine reduction for the crown roast or beef tenderloin, chive butter sauce for the mashed potatoes and sage and brown butter sauce for the pumpkin ravioli. Have we mentioned our dream Thanksgiving takes no fewer than 24 hours to make?

I was obsessed with bologna sandwiches as a kid, which blossomed into a love of corned beef sandwiches as an adult. I couldn't find either while I was living in Paris during my junior year of college, so out of desperation for comfort food I accidentally invented the terrine sandwich.