Pictures from Thanksgiving

I didn’t cook anything on Turkey Day, so I had the whole afternoon to take pictures.  Several series were taken for upcoming posts on cooking duck the Julia Child way and enjoying poultry tail aka pope’s nose.

Here are the highlights of turkey day from behind my camera:

homemade cinnamon rolls (I said I didn't cook, but [...]

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Touch the Turkey!

Today and tomorrow many parents have a great teaching moment waiting to happen when they cook a turkey.  Involve the kids and you can lead them to explore:

Habitat ~ find out where wild turkeys live
Farming ~ discuss life on historic and modern farms for the farmers and the turkeys
Anatomy ~ ask children [...]

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Turkey the Hound Way

Poultry is a topic of conversation everywhere these days.   It even came up at the conversation with Thomas Keller and Michael Ruhlman I attended last week.

While I do not eat meat, I have experience assisting Alex in preparing hundreds of whole birds.  Here are our keys to a great turkey:

1) Buy a Quality Bird. Free ranged [...]

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