What’s more classic than a whole, roasted turkey for the holidays? The company perhaps most closely associated with these big birds provides many how-tos and recipes on its Butterball.com website – ...

In advance of Thanksgiving, Ronnie Killen will be smoking turkeys for early pickup at his locations in Pearland, the Heights, The Woodlands and Sienna. So what will he be doing on Thanksgiving Day?

Activist Toni Tipton-Martin is author of "The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks" (University of Texas Press), a work of cultural archaeology that explores African-American ...

Glazed carrots are a common Thanksgiving side dish, and if it isn't at your table yet, it will be the most requested dish for ...

Remove the giblet from the turkey’s cavity and set aside. Season the turkey inside and out with salt and pepper. Place the turkey in a roasting pan. Roast at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce the ...

Gravy is to the main course what icing is to dessert. It can hide a multitude of errors, and properly done, it makes whatever was already good even better. Turkey or dressing a tad dry? Gravy will ...

Makes 3 to 4 cups or enough to serve 8 Giblet gravy used to grace many Thanksgiving tables (just ask your grandmother), but fell out of favor. It's coming back, mostly because nose-to-tail eating ...

Thanksgiving is all about the essentials. You’ve nailed down your favorite turkey recipe. You’ve figured out your must-have side dishes. And you’ve found the perfect cranberry sauce. But the dinner ...

One of the more confusing and somewhat off-putting aspects of the Thanksgiving meal involves parts of the turkey that most people wouldn’t ordinarily eat on a bet. I’m talking, of course, about the ...

Gravy can be one of the hardest components of the Thanksgiving meal. Most people just pop open a jar of store-bought gravy and call it a day. They simply don't understand how to make gravy from ...

Silver gravy boat filled with brown gravy - Bhofack2/Getty Images Cooking a basic roasted turkey or whole chicken for the holidays presents several factors to consider. You first need to figure out ...

Thanksgiving is all about the essentials. You’ve nailed down your favorite turkey recipe. You’ve figured out your must-have side dishes. And you’ve found the perfect dessert. But the dinner won’t be ...