Ed wrote earlier this morning: "There seems to be more and more choices every year, and I don't know about you, but I think there's a conspiracy afoot to befuddle and confuse us with these choices.Just consider what we are confronted with: fresh, frozen, frozen basted, free-range, free-roaming, all-natural, heritage fresh, heritage frozen, organic, wild, kosher fresh, kosher frozen. It's mind-boggling." To help you navigate your way through the turkeys, we've put together a brief guide to reading turkey labels.... More

There are turkey sandwiches, and then there are (cue the Hallelujah music) TURKEY SANDWICH! The difference? The former is usually made from a thinly sliced substance cut off a giant hunk of meat that sort of resembles a turkey breast, while the latter is a much more serious affair, requiring the roasting (and shredding) of an actual turkey before both the white and dark meat are piled high into what will become a (cue the Hallelujah music) TURKEY SANDWICH! The New Crockery Cafe is a small mom-and-pop hole in the wall in the design district of San Francisco that specializes in the music-inducing kind of turkey sandwich. Every morning for 18 years they've roasted a whole 35-pound turkey, just for... More

The Amateur Gourmet's comic Thanksgiving. More