
How to Deep Fry a Thanksgiving Turkey
A James Beard Award winner teaches us how to deep fry a turkey — with Southwestern and Hispanic flair.

A James Beard Award winner teaches us how to deep fry a turkey — with Southwestern and Hispanic flair.
By Tucker Bowe

From The Horn of Plenty to the myriad mouths to feed, Thanksgiving is all about abundance. Your bird should reflect that.
By Gear Patrol

GP editor Jeremy Berger explains why Thanksgiving is all about who you spend it with.

Mulled wine is the perfect drink for the holiday season: just pleasant and alcoholic enough to warm everyone up, but not like handing out rounds of high-octane Manhattans that could turn Thanksgiving dinner into an episode worthy of Jenny Jones. We tapped the expertise of Jane Elkins, former and current barkeep at some of New York City’s best cocktail haunts, for three variations of mulled wine, each rooted in tradition and brushed up with ingenuity from behind her bar.

The Thanksgiving turkey is the one dish each year that’s make or break, and it’s all yours. Get the turkey right and you’ll be giving warm handshakes and sipping bourbon all night; dry it out and you’ve brought a dark cloud over the extended family.