Holiday dinner menu: Crispy pork roast with gravy and potatoes

This modern feast has a cracklin' roast at the center and the creamiest mashed potatoes and garlicky kale as sides. It's guaranteed to have everyone lined up for seconds.

By Photography by Roberto Caruso; Food styling by Sasha Seymour; Prop styling by Malcolm Patterson

Updated July 16, 2013

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Cracklin' pork roast with marsala-chestnut gravy

Sides

Dreamy creamy potato mash

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