Thanksgiving

Health & Safety

A Doctor's Thanksgiving Plea: Stay Home And Stay Safe

8:12pm November 19, 2020

by Elisabeth Poorman

With COVID-19 cases surging and more than 250,000 dead, the CDC is recommending people not travel for Thanksgiving. And doctors worry the holiday could be a superspreader event.

Parent and child hand turkeys have a heart to heart.

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Experts: Gobble All You Like, But Do It With The Turkeys In Your Own Household

5:00am November 17, 2020

by Carter Barrett

With COVID-19 cases soaring lots of people are conflicted about Thanksgiving plans. Experts are recommending we spend the holiday with just the people who live in our homes this year.

Scott Macaulay, left, told Loretta Saint-Louis last week during a StoryCorps conversation that he organizes an annual Thanksgiving dinner for anyone who, like him, doesn't want to spend the holiday alone.

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'Brighten The Corner Where You Are': Finding A New Way To Be Thankful In A Pandemic

7:07am November 13, 2020

by Jey Born

For 35 years, Scott Macaulay has been organizing the annual holiday gathering in Massachusetts for anyone who wants to come. "I can't fix the country ... but I can brighten my own corner," he said.

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Snippet of a letter that F.B. Haviland sent to President Herbert Hoover in 1929 asking him to move Thanksgiving to Friday.

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Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November

5:00am November 28, 2019

by Tanya Ballard Brown

There is an explanation, but you have to go back to things decreed by Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt (FDR, that is).

We're tethered to our brothers and sisters as adults far longer than we are as children; our sibling relationships, in fact, are the longest-lasting family ties we have.

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Here's To Grown-Up Siblings And The Ties That Bind

5:00am November 28, 2019

by Robin Marantz Henig

Though she and her younger brother are very different, he's the one, in a way, she knows best. Sibling relationships, in fact, are the longest-lasting family ties we have, transcending time and loss.

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Who Doesn't Like Sweet Potatoes? This Kenyan Researcher, For One

1:41pm November 27, 2019

by Esther Ngumbi

True confession: I will not eat sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving. Or any other time of the year. It all has to do with my Kenyan childhood.

That Year I Cooked Spaghetti Omelets In Benin For Thanksgiving

1:30pm November 27, 2019

by Abby Reilly

The Peace Corps volunteer thought she would miss her family and the traditional holiday fixings. But she found new reasons to be thankful during her time in the West African nation of Benin.

This Thanksgiving season, thousands of cooks across the country will reach out to food help lines. One such service, the Butterball Turkey Talk Line, has 50 experts on call from early November through Christmas.

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Confusion In The Kitchen? Thanksgiving Help Lines Are Just A Call Away

9:36am November 27, 2019

by Rachel Treisman

Expert-staffed hotlines by companies including Butterball, Ocean Spray and Betty Crocker help thousands of home cooks each holiday season.

A food allergy, sensitivity, or intolerance can make the difference between passing the mashed potatoes — and passing on them.

Health & Safety

'Extend A Little Grace' — Navigating Food Allergies And Sensitivities At Thanksgiving

6:01am November 27, 2019

by Emily Vaughn

When one person's treasured family recipe is another person's edible assault weapon, setting the menu for a holiday meal can be a struggle. Here's how to take the stress out of food discussions.

Fernando, Paulina and Bricia Lopez run Guelaguetza, the family's restaurant. The cuisine reflects traditions that are rooted in Oaxaca's many indigenous cultures, which the family honors at Thanksgiving.

Family Shares Their Oaxacan Tradition Of Giving Thanks In New Cookbook

11:36am November 25, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Thanksgiving might be the most Oaxacan holiday in the U.S.; Guelaguetza, the name of the Lopez family's award-winning Los Angeles restaurant, is a Zapotec word meaning "to give and receive."

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