What are you eating for Thanksgiving Dinner today?
There are a lot of different traditions that often meet on the Thanksgiving table as family and friends come together. What does yours look like today? Snap a photo of your Thanksgiving spread and share it here.
Here's what's open and what's not today.
So what's open for Thanksgiving, you ask? Not much. A few restaurants and bars are open today -- best to call ahead -- and it likewise varies by establishment for convenience stores, gas stations, Dunkin' Donuts, etc. CVS says it will be open. If you know of any particular stores that are open today, leave a comment here to share the wealth.
Federal fire safety officials say the highest incidence of home cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving Day.
[Courtesy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Fire Administration.] Did you know cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires in America? Many families gather in the kitchen, especially around Thanksgiving, but it can be one of the most hazardous rooms in the house if you don’t practice safe cooking behaviors. As you prepare to pull out your favorite Thanksgiving recipes, you should also pull out these safe cooking tips. The U.S. Fire Administration offers a number of other cooking tips. Please visit their site for additional information on fire safety.
Need a new recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey? Want to know the basics about turkey preparation?
There are many ways to cook everyone’s favorite holiday bird. Each family has its special technique for cooking a turkey, whether it's using an old family recipe, adding a secret ingredient or shopping at a certain store in town that helps make the turkey taste all the better. If you're hosting Thanksgiving this year, you can try any of the recipes below to add a new kick to your feast. If you're attending someone else’s dinner, hopefully their turkey will taste as good as one of these. Also, if you want some helpful hints on all you wanted to know about storing, thawing, cooking, serving and storing turkey, check out the recommendations below from the United States Department of Agriculture. Greek Traditional Turkey (with Chestnut and …
Seniors at Brooksby Village collected boxes of canned goods and other non-perishable food items over the past couple weeks and donated it all to Haven from Hunger in time to help out with the Thanksgiving demand.
Just like they have before every Thankgiving for the past 10 years, seniors at Brooksby Village once loaded up a van from the city's food pantry Friday morning full of canned goods and other non-perishable foods they had been collecting over the past couple weeks. Afterward, the seniors and staff members did their annual "Turkey Trot" around the housing complex campus -- a mile walk with a life size turkey leading the way. “This is an annual event so it’s nice to see everyone turn out year after year to help Haven from Hunger,” says Stefanie Fuller, a fitness specialist at Brooksby. Haven's executive director Alyse Barbash, who was there Friday to personally accept the donation with pantry volunteers, thanked the seniors for their …
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A look at restaurants around the North Shore who will be open on Thanksgiving.
Want to have the weight lifted off your shoulders and have someone else serve your family on Thanksgiving? Here's a look at restaurants around the North Shore that will be open on Thanksgiving. If you know of another restaurant that will be open on Thanksgiving, let us know in the comments. Century House: Champions Pub: Legal Seafoods: Paddy Kelly's: Peabody Diner: Red's Kitchen & Tavern: Sylvan Street Bar & Grille The Lobster Shanty Passage to India I Pazzi TGI Friday's Brutole Danversport Yacht Club Beverly Depot The Farm Tom Shea's 1640 Hart House Samuel’s Restaurant at the Andover Inn On the Bone at the Wyndham Hotel Uno's Bar & Grille
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Share your Thanksgiving memories.
The holidays are all about family, traditions and memories. It’s a chance to reconnect with family and friends whether through a card, email, phone call or catching up over dinner. Thanksgiving doesn’t have the cache of Christmas. There are no gifts or commercialism to distract us and because of this Thanksgiving is many people’s favorite holiday. Every family has its own traditions and memories that bring a smile. That favorite memory might be a big football game, but most likely it’s a special moment you shared with a loved one -- possibly someone who has since passed away. Patch wants to know: What is your favorite Thanksgiving memory? Let us know in the comment section. Happy Thanksgiving!
4:40 pm on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
After dinner walks with my folks / siblings / spouses and kids around Wenham Lake and Cedar Pond. Don Luxton more ›
B. Daubach
1:00 pm on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Dunks on Lowell Street is open...got a coffee this morning. more ›