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Bronzed and pleasantly spicy from a dry-brine of chiles and mint, this turkey is anything but bland or boring.
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Talking Turkey With Eric Kim

The secrets to a better bird lie in the long, sometimes surprising history of the turkey dinner.
Diana Hubbell November 25, 2024
With sweet, soft flesh, the Long Island cheese pumpkin makes a great pie.
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This Obscure Heirloom Pumpkin Makes a Fantastic Pie

Never a commercial success, the Long Island cheese pumpkin deserves a place in your Thanksgiving dessert.
Sarah Lohman November 22, 2024
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A Thanksgiving Plateful of Places

From a turkey tribute to a potato hotel, there's more than enough to go around here.
Roxanne Hoorn November 22, 2024
Actress Virginia Gibson, photographed circa 1952, getting into the Thanksgiving spirit in a novel way.
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7 Surprising Stories About Thanksgiving

Raccoon for dinner, the woman who pitched Thanksgiving, and why turkey isn't even that good.
Roxanne Hoorn November 22, 2024
Sweet salads are an American holiday tradition.
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The Glorious World of Sweet Holiday Salads

Cool Whip and Jell-O for everyone!
Anne Ewbank November 18, 2024
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11 Dining Tables to Remember

Pass the potatoes over these impressive, intriguing, and historic surfaces.
Roxanne Hoorn November 15, 2024
In the Strickland family chapel, turkeys take center stage.
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This Turkey Church Is Just One Way People Celebrate the Humble Bird

The ceremonial significance of the turkey goes back much further than Thanksgiving.
Sam O'Brien November 11, 2024
A painting depicting an Order of Good Cheer banquet procession.
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Before Thanksgiving, There Were the Feasts of 'The Order of the Good Cheer'

North America's first culinary social club was born in the 17th-century Canadian frontier.
Laura Kiniry November 21, 2023
A late 16th-century map notes the territory of "Calos" near the southern tip of Florida, but the Calusa actually controlled most of the peninsula's southwest.
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Long Before the First Thanksgiving, an Artificial Island in Florida Hosted a Cross-Cultural Feast

Decades before the Wampanoag and Pilgrims shared a meal, the powerful Calusa and their Spanish guests celebrated their new alliance. Spoiler alert: It didn't last.
Karuna Eberl November 15, 2023
Thanksgiving dressing.
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Celebrating the United States of Stuffing

Eric Kim explores the past, present, and future of Thanksgiving’s mightiest side dish.
Diana Hubbell November 21, 2022
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14 Places to Celebrate Native American Heritage Day

Visit one of these historic locations to honor the day.
Jonathan Carey November 25, 2021
The Higby variety of the Hog Island Fig.
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The Surprising Resilience of the Hog Island Fig

Virginia's Eastern Shore has rallied around a sweet, centuries-old local delicacy.
Rachel Kester November 24, 2021
Thanksgiving maskers in 1910.
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Americans Once Celebrated Thanksgiving with Tricks, Treats, and Mayhem

Ragamuffin Day looked a whole lot like Halloween.
Diana Hubbell November 23, 2021
Persimmon bread is an unusually popular side dish in California on Thanksgiving.
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America’s Most Unique Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Show some state pride with persimmon bread or frog eye salad.
Anne Ewbank November 22, 2021
The shapes of these donuts celebrate different events among the Haudenosaunee.
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5 Recipes From Indigenous Chefs to Add to Your Thanksgiving Spread

From maple-glazed squash to hominy-turkey stew, these dishes celebrate the people and flavors of this land.
The Gastro Obscura Team November 19, 2021
135 ft Peachoid water tower
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9 Massively Inedible Roadside Attractions

These works of art will surely tease the palate.
Jonathan Carey November 19, 2021
A wild turkey displays its tail feathers.
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How Turkey Tails Became a National Dish in Samoa

Americans’ appetite for the bird had unintended consequences.
Michael Carolan November 15, 2021
The main building on a beautiful day
Charles City, Virginia

Berkeley Plantation

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.