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“You want everybody to be satisfied,” Tucci tellsEatingWell.

“It just comes from the way I grew up, when there were so many dishes.

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There was never just a soup and a salad, that never happened, especially around the holidays.

The meals just went on forever.

But there are still some nonnegotiables when it comes to setting the holiday menu at the Tucci house.

“They don’t have Thanksgiving, so they want the turkey.

I don’t want a turkey.

I want a leg of lamb or a ham, like a glazed ham.

It’s a really, really simple, straightforward recipe that everybody loves.”