Before there was cranberry sauce, before there was the Little Pie Company’s sour-cream apple walnut pie, before there was even such a thing as Thanksgiving dinner, there was stuffing. The term, according to the Oxford Companion to Food, first appeared in English during the sixteenth century, thus predating both the pilgrims and Pepperidge Farm. Today, no Thanksgiving table is complete without this ancient comfort food, and there’s no shame in getting it ready-made. We tasted 30 local versions and ranked our favorites below. ... Read the story