The White House turkey pardoning ceremony, a long-held Thanksgiving tradition formalized 77 years ago, traces its origins back decades further. Since the 1800s, it has been customary for the sitting ...

In the English language, the turkey gets kind of a tough break. Talking turkey requires serious honesty and speaking harsh truths. Going cold turkey is, often, an onerous way of quitting something ...

Turkey time is upon us! As the annual festival of Thanksgiving draws near, Americans are preparing to consume about 46 million turkeys, which amounts to about 21% of the national production of the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! The White House Historical Association joined with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to look at the role of food and dining in ...

In the Year of Festivals, Texas Monthly writers gamely join community celebrations across the state. Bring on the pageants, cook-offs, and parades! This Thanksgiving, thousands of Texans will lace up ...

The centerpiece for most Thanksgiving feasts was not served at the first Thanksgiving. It is not native to Turkey. It is not the African guinea fowl it was confused with. It is not the indigenous bird ...

Much of the turkey's early history is shrouded in uncertainty, historians and etymologists say — which is particularly true of how the bird got... How the turkey trotted its way onto our Thanksgiving ...