Hosting Thanksgiving? Some like rehearsing the feast

Before theater professionals perform a play for an audience, they run a dress rehearsal to look for kinks that need fixing before the show opens. Traditional Thanksgiving dinner is a big production that can benefit from rehearsal, too, say some veteran hosts. Cortney McLellan grew up helping her mother cook, but was nervous when she was stepping up to host her family’s Thanksgiving. “My quote-unquote ‘recipe book’ was in my head,” recalled the Flushing, Michigan resident. “I wanted to make sure I had all the recipes right.”