Helpful hints to keep your Thanksgiving meal on track
A brief guide offers practical tips for planning and timing a holiday feast. It emphasizes prepping ahead, coordinating oven space, and sequencing dishes to prevent delays and ensure a smooth dinner service.
Safe Thanksgiving Turkey Tips for a Safe Feast
Practical guidelines from health experts on handling raw poultry. Cook stuffing separately to 165 degrees, use a meat thermometer, and keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. Do not leave uneaten food at room temperature longer than two hours and reheat leftovers to at least 165 degrees. Clean surfaces and hands after handling raw turkey and thaw in the refrigerator.
Turkey prices expected steady with holiday week trends
Stores anticipate turkey prices around Thanksgiving to run 50 to 80 cents a pound with most in the middle. Iowa managers predict 60 to 70 cents a pound as ads begin. Corporate leaders keep pricing tight while retailers note competition and loss leaders in holiday marketing.
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National
Turkey Federation
Laurie Wilson
Wilson
Iowa
Arlin Schager
Iowa Turkey Products
Postville
Turkey
CIA
Thanksgiving side dishes break from tradition
The piece suggests quick microwave friendly side dishes for a light holiday meal when the oven is full with turkey. It highlights simple ideas and recipes that adapt traditional flavors into faster, compact options suitable for a smaller menu.
Tuscany wine country a tangle of subplots
In Tuscany the wine scene blends history and modern forces as 130000 vintners on about 200000 acres pursue Chianti Classico fame. The shift from aging in wood to longer aging with white grapes facing law changes and technology sparks a decades long debate among traditionalists and winemakers.
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Tuscany
Dan Berger
Angeles
Astellina
Chianti
Italy
California
Napa
Sonoma
Brunello
Montepulciano
Barone Bettino Ricasoli
Sangiovese
Ricasoli
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