Turkey!
When I was thirteen years old, I asked my mom if I could watch her make the turkey. I had this sudden and terrible premonition that when I grew up, I wouldn’t know how to cook my own turkey because my mom did it alone every year. And still, after years of turkey-watching, I didn’t really understand it till I did it myself.
Turkey completely overwhelms a lot of people. Now, on my fifth year of singlehandedly stewarding the family bird, I feel confident enough to share a few secrets with... read more