The author noted because the white breast meat needs to be cooked at 150 degrees Fahrenheit, but the dark leg and thigh meat should reach least 165 degrees (ideally 175 degrees), by the time the legs ...

I’ve got a kitchen confession: I don’t do Thanksgiving turkey. It’s not because of dietary restrictions, although I do try to limit my meat consumption. It’s more a matter of soul-crushing ...

The only thing worse than watching your Thanksgiving dinner devolve into a heated political debate is a dry, tasteless turkey. But it doesn’t have to be this way. If you’re looking to keep your ...

Each year in the weeks before Thanksgiving, it seems some TV chef appears with a newfound way to cook your turkey, swearing that it’s guaranteed to deliver the most flavorful, the most juicy, the ...

You can roast it or fry it, brine it or baste it, cook it whole or do it in pieces. There are dozens of ways to cook a turkey, and just as many opinions about which method produces the perfect poultry ...

Move aside, turkeys. Today, we’re talking about stuffing. What could be more wonderful than a big ol’ bowl of bread seasoned with herbs and lovingly coated with fat? It sounds too good to be true, but ...

(This video is no longer available for streaming.) Every Thanksgiving, all across the United States, humble ingredients—raw turkey, stale bread, tear-inducing onions—are transformed into ...

They can weigh in at 40 pounds or more. They prefer walking, but they can fly. And if Benjamin Franklin had had his way, they would be the U.S. national symbol. We’re talking turkey–wild turkey, that ...

Christopher Kimball on the set of America’s Test Kitchen with Bridget Lancaster. Photo by Daniel J. Van Ackere. Christopher Kimball, the bow-tied host of America’s Test Kitchen and founder of Cook’s ...

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