My first Turkey. Angelina was up from Texas for Thanksgiving. We missed the parade because of the bad weather and the burger hangover.

We picked a menu from www.epicurious.com . Everything is made from scratch except the pie and cranberries. Everything tasted great and we had a lot of fun cooking together. Here are the recipes:
Celery Root Bisque with Thyme Croutons
Tom Colicchio's Herb-Butter Turkey
Mashed Potatoes with Garlic, Mascarpone, and Caramelized Leeks
Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Mulled-Wine Cranberry Sauce
Scalloped Squash, Red Pepper, and Corn Gratin with Cheddar Crust
Cornbread Stuffing with Ham, Chestnuts, and Sage
Green Beans with Wild Mushrooms
Australian Shiraz or Off-Dry New-World Riesling
Spiced Pumpkin Pie with Hazelnut Praline

Notice the fine serving platters, especially the one that looks like a cookie tray that was bent with a pliers to fit into the oven. The gravy-boat resembles [is] a beer pitcher from a UW-Madison bar. Also, how could something as disgusting as home-made gravy taste so good? 

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Everything was supersized tonight. We stopped at Jackson Hole on 85th and Columbus for their famous burgers before heading to Central Park West to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons being inflated.

I've never seen such a burger - it's like Mom's meatloaf, whole, with a little bun hat.

The restaurant went through 360 pounds of beef that night.

Had we made it to the balloon inflation I'm sure we would have fit right in with the rest of the floats.