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    Good Food

    The Thanksgiving Show: Turkey, Wine & Farmers’ Market Sides

    Thanksgiving is around the corner, and Russ Parsons co-hosts Good Food’s holiday show for the third year in a row. We delve into all things Thanksgiving from roast turkey to farmers’ market sides.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Nov 22, 2014 • 57m Listen

    Thanksgiving is around the corner, and Russ Parsons co-hosts Good Food for the third year in a row. We delve into all things Thanksgiving, from roast turkey to farmers’ market sides.

    Evan Kleiman will be available for a live Facebook Chat to answer all of your Thanksgiving cooking questions on Tuesday November 25 from noon to 1pm. Find her Facebook page here.

    Photo: © Donna Turner Ruhlman

    In this episode

    7 stories
    1. 0:00

      Baba Au Rhum: A Make-Ahead, Crowd-Pleasing Dessert

      Dorie Greenspan has won a total of six James Beard and IACP awards for her cookbooks, and her latest one is Baking Chez Moi : Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere. She talks about her baba au rhum recipe . Plus, she shares her recipe for spiced pineapple , a great addition to the Thanksgiving table.

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      13 min
    2. 12:50

      Michael Ruhlman’s Foolproof Roast Turkey

      Michael Ruhlman ’s most recent book is Ruhlman’s How to Roast : Foolproof Techniques and Recipes for the Home Cook. His method for roasting the perfect Thanksgiving turkey is on the Good Food blog .

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      7 min
    3. 19:30

      A Million Ways to Cook a Turkey, with Jonathan Gold

      Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. He shares the many ways he has cooked Thanksgiving turkey over the years, from the “Chinatown” method with sticky rice stuffing to a Cuban style bird rubbed with lemon, garlic and oil.

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      7 min
    4. 26:15

      Thanksgiving Wines

      Jill Bernheimer of Domaine LA offers some guidance on what domestic wines to serve with your turkey, sweet potatoes and stuffing. Sunday afternoon, November 23, Jill will be pouring some of her Thanksgiving wine picks at her Melrose Avenue shop, Domaine LA. Stop by between 2 and 5pm.

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      8 min
    5. 34:42

      Winter Squash, Six Ways

      Russ Parsons has tested every varietal and every cooking method for winter squash. He shares which types of squash have the best flavor and how best to cook them .

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      7 min
    6. 41:59

      A Sweet Potato Side from Yotam Ottolenghi

      Sweet potatoes are a beloved Thanksgiving staple, and Yotam Ottolenghi discusses his Sweet Potatoes with Orange Bitters recipe from his new book,  Plenty More .

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      3 min
    7. 45:11

      Market Report: Thanksgiving Edition

      Local chefs and farmers share their personal Thanksgiving traditions and tell us what they are shopping for this holiday week.

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      10 min
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Russ Parsons

      Los Angeles Times

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

      CultureFood & Drink

    In this episode

    7 stories
    1. 0:0013 min

      Baba Au Rhum: A Make-Ahead, Crowd-Pleasing Dessert

    2. 12:507 min

      Michael Ruhlman’s Foolproof Roast Turkey

    3. 19:307 min

      A Million Ways to Cook a Turkey, with Jonathan Gold

    4. 26:158 min

      Thanksgiving Wines

    5. 34:427 min

      Winter Squash, Six Ways

    6. 41:593 min

      A Sweet Potato Side from Yotam Ottolenghi

    7. 45:1110 min

      Market Report: Thanksgiving Edition

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