A recent Jennie-O survey finds most Americans start planning their Thanksgiving meals up to two weeks in advance, long before the turkey ever goes in the oven. That alone says something: for most of ...

I’m no stranger to roasting turkeys. I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner at 21, and in the decades to follow, I’ve tried just about every imaginable technique for cooking that holiday bird. Well, I ...

Finding a homegrown Thanksgiving turkey in Ramona during the 1930s was relatively easy. The town was known as the “Turkey Capital of the World” at that time, with a large turkey farming industry. But ...