Want to go over the top this year?

How to dazzle a tough crowd at the Thanksgiving table

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

• A gourmet Thanksgiving dinner of porcini soy turkey with shallot truffle gravy, pan fried cranberry pancetta stuffing, asparagus and haricots verts with goat cheese and pine nuts, lemon-herb carrot tarts, handmade mustard butter and buttermilk mashed potatoes should satisfy the serious foodie...

Thanksgiving can be an adventurous cook’s bonanza, offering myriad ways to riff on familiar themes and traditions. New York chef Marc Forgione has been known to bone the turkey and roll it up with the stuffing inside, or to stuff the bird under the skin.

On this holiday of eati...

Published: 11/07/2012