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Don't Kill Us for Saying, But Now's the Time to Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey

Cobalt123/FlickrGruesome thought, isn't it?​It's that delicious moment when San Francisco summer starts for real. Who can think about Thanksgiving, with its scramble for pies, its making-nice-with-your-brother-the-Christian, its turkey, for chrissake. But this is the very moment to start thin ... More >>

Thanksgiving is Coming Fast. Know What You'll Be Serving?

4505Meats.comTurducken from 4505 Meats: Why settle for one bird when you can have three?​Mission dwellers have a grazing option today. Starting at 5 p.m., Bi-Rite Market (3639 18th St. at Guerrero) is setting up a Thanksgiving tasting station set up in front of the store -- samples of Bill Nim ... More >>

Street-Food Vendor El Huarache Loco Offering Turkey with Mole for Thanksgiving

Really? The same old turkey stuffing you always bust out, with frankly mixed results? Consider going multiculti this year, with turkey and mole from street-food vendor El Huarache Loco. Huarache owner Veronica Salazar told SFoodie she'll start taking orders for holiday birds this weekend at the Alem ... More >>

Iron Cupcake Takes on Thanksgiving

bookcellarinc.comJust don't put turkey in the cupcakes, okay?​Iron Cupcake San Francisco is in a savory state of mind right now. Last month's bout took on the theme of Oktoberfest, and this month the attention turns to the even broader challenge of representing Thanksgiving in cupcake form.There's ... More >>

Thanksgiving Freak-Out Solution: The Plant Café Organic's $45 Prix Fixe

niallkennedy/FlickrAll you have to do is pack your Visa card.​In September, you made some grandiose announcement you'd be cooking Thanksgiving this year. Now, two days out, you're freaking, imagining a Turkey Day eve spent fishing a rock-solid Butterball out of the Safeway freezer bin. Relax. ... More >>

Thanksgiving Freak-Out Solution: Soothing Food, Stiff Drinks at Home (the Restaurant)

pup ajax/FlickrYou can tell everyone you spent the holiday at Home.​Way back in September, you made some grandiose announcement you'd be cooking Thanksgiving this year. Now, two days out, you're freaking, imagining a Turkey Day eve spent fishing a rock-solid Butterball out of the Safeway freez ... More >>

Goodbye Gum, Hello Butter Mints!

Tired of freshening your breath with the pedestrian odor of spearmint or wintergreen? Well, American eating habits are here to help you out of the doldrums. Spotted at our local Walgreens pharmacy, these technicolor tablets look just like wedding mints, but promise to taste like butter. The front of ... More >>

Eight Creative Additions to Your Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving is upon us, but instead of sticking with traditional turkey and stuffing, why not spice things up with some more creative fare? Some of these dishes might freak out your grandparents (or you, for that matter), but they're guaranteed to spark a conversation.​ 8. Guac-a-BirdJello is usu ... More >>

City Sewers' Message: Don't Even Think About Pouring Gravy Down Drain

​The SF Weekly isn't big on preaching and we don't do it often. But for Thanksgiving, we thought we'd give a voice to one of the most taken-for-granted and under-represented sectors of our city: the sewers.   Turns out the city's sewers are clogged with your kitchen grease just like your ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Perfection is Overrated

Lonely Bob/FlickrIt'll be good -- however it turns out.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Baked for Thanksgiving: Civil Eats' Paula Crossfield goes poking around the New York Times, and comes up with Mark Bittman, who on Sunday invited readers to take a massive bong hit tomorrow and just r ... More >>

Mexican Man Completes Pilgrimage To S.F. For Best Buy Laptop On 'Viernes Negro'

The pilgrims prepare for the long, cold night ahead...​Laptops. They were there for the $197 HP laptops. At 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, while you were likely curled up in a turkey coma, the Black Friday pilgrims had already made their annual peregrination to the Mecca of capitalism -- otherwi ... More >>

Doggy Bag: At Least the Dogs Had a Nice Thanksgiving

Chow.comDog food, Wag Hotel style.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Prix fleece: Finally: Time to take a breath and look back over Thanksgiving 2009. Any regrets? Like not volunteering enough -- or at all -- swallowing your Republican uncle's Obama-baiting, or having that fourth Cape Cod b ... More >>

SF Gov InAction: Government Kinda Goes Through the Motions This Week

  Just to be clear: Last week the Supervisors took several days off to celebrate Thanksgiving. But, being the kind of people who have an extraordinary amount to be thankful for, they are also taking three days off this week, too. Normally I give the supes a hard time for things like this, ... More >>

Ryan Farr: The Turducken Master Trains His Sights on Prime Rib

Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshFarr: A growing foodlebrity with national buzz.​One thing's certain: These days, it doesn't suck being Ryan Farr. When the 4505 Meats proprietor conducts a pair of Whole Hog butchery classes this Sunday at La Cocina (2948 Folsom at 25th St.), students will experience ... More >>

Doggy Bag: How Drunks Could Make It All Better in 2010

Modern Drunkard​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. New Year's resolutions might be the most useless custom since, well, going around a Thanksgiving table mumbling what you're thankful for. With 2009 little more than a desk drawer full of scribbled-up giant calendar pages we didn't have the h ... More >>

Meet the Cherpumple, Turducken's Pie-Stuffed, Frosting-Coated Sibling

L. A.-based "histo-tainer" Charles Phoenix has made a name for himself (on NPR, among other places) for his affectionate performance-art forays into the richest recesses of vintage SoCal Americana. The Los Angeles Times Magazine has called him the King of Retro, the New York Times has said he "joyfu ... More >>

Skip the Easter Ham ― Order a Cajun Deep-Fried Turkey from Yats

Nukeit1/FlickrSpare the Easter bunny.​Yats owner Yon Davis sells a lot of Cajun-style deep-fried turkeys for Thanksgiving, even hosting an "open fryer" setup for people to fry their own birds in, the culinary equivalent of operating a shooting range ― a safe, controlled environment to help custo ... More >>

4505 Meats Taking Thanksgiving Orders for Turducken

4505 MeatsA chicken inside a duck inside a turkey ― yours for $275.​Inevitably, Thanksgiving is a holiday about the act of stuffing: pigs in blanket, bread in turkey cavities, tempeh and wild rice in scooped-out halves of acorn squash. Just like last year, 4505 Meats is offering the ultimate ... More >>

My Essential Thanksgiving Dish: Kauffman and Brussels Sprouts

​Today I'm launching SFoodie's series that asks people in the food world about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without.It had to have been more than a decade ago, back when my household threw epic, 25-guest Thanksgivings that turned out to be more effort than they were worth. One ... More >>

Black Jet Baking Co.'s Pop-Up Pie Shop

​ Today, 7x7's Jessica Battilana posted a useful directory of foodie-approved Thanksgiving pies, including Mission Beach's huckleberry, Mission Pie's walnut, and Tartine's cranberry frangipane (and for those who fear the crust, a couple sources for bake-your-own dough). This weekend, SFoodie snapp ... More >>

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Thanksgiving (Infographic)

Audrey FukumanClick to enlarge.​ This Thanksgiving, as you sit around the table with your family and attempt to dodge pointed questions about your love life and career, divert attention from yourself by spewing forth one of these fascinating Turkey Day facts. Once the topic of conversation has ... More >>

Roger Feely's Thanksgiving Essential: Relleno Negro

SFoodie's series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without.Knowing that Roger Feely, aka Soul Cocina, has traveled and worked all over, SFoodie suspected that, when we interviewed him about his essential Thanksgiving dish, i ... More >>

James Freeman's Thanksgiving Essential: Wonky Turkey Roasting, Lots of Coffee

SFoodie's series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without. Perhaps the wonkiest of S.F. coffee geeks, Blue Bottle's James Freeman does Thanksgiving with the aid of gadgets, key elements sourced from Ferry Plaza, and no lac ... More >>

Marcia Gagliardi's Thanksgiving Essential: Giblet Gravy

SFoodie's series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without. Tablehopper editor Marcia Gagliardi spends her days and nights roaming the city, chatting up restaurateurs and tasting all there is to be tasted. But when it comes ... More >>

Irvin Lin's Thanksgiving Essential: Green Bean Casserole

SFoodie's series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without. Since I grew up Asian in St. Louis, my Thanksgivings always skewed a little from the mainstream. I never realized that sticky glutinous rice wasn't part of everyon ... More >>

Non-Turkey Turkey Day, Mad Men's Pussycat, Shark Fin Creepiness

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • For 28 days concluding in November 2010, an HSUS investigator worked inside a Cal-Maine factory egg farm in Texas, and documented a bunch of scary-ass abuses. The vast majority of eggs that Americans eat come f ... More >>

Russ Moore's Thanksgiving Essential: Sticky Rice and Chinese Sausage Stuffing

SFoodie's series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without. Russ Moore is the Bay Area's chef's chef. At Camino, the Oakland restaurant, he operates with his wife, Allison Hopelain, the Chez Panisse veteran reduces cooking ... More >>

(Pop) Tarts and Whisk(e)y Bars: This Week in Food Bloggery

Veganbaking.net/FlickrMore artisanal pop tarts.​Highlights from SFoodie this week:1. Artisanal pop tarts are having a moment. You can buy William Werner's savory pumpkin hand pie from the Tell Tale Preserve Co. farmers' market stand, or pick Gillian Shaw's pop tarts up for your Thanksgiving meal a ... More >>

Top Chef Yigit Pura Offering Pumpkin Tarts for Thanksgiving

Gilt CityBring Yigit home for the holidays.​Want a slice of Yigit Pura, winner of Top Chef: Just Desserts and pastry chef for S.F.'s Taste Catering? After we reported that Yigit's single, with dreams of opening a dessert shop with his Bravo winnings, we found out we can actually get a taste of ... More >>

Screw Turkey: Nine Alternatives to the Traditional Thanksgiving Feast

Brady H./YelpWith R&G Lounge's crab, you won't miss the cranberry sauce.​A quick search of SFoodie's fellow blogs will find you lists of the bistros and American-style restaurants serving turkey and trimmings. But not everyone wants to shell out for the traditional Thanksgiving meal at a resta ... More >>

Liza Shaw's Thanksgiving Essential: Pumpkin Cheesecake

SFoodie's series asking some of our favorite San Francisco food people about the dish they just can't celebrate Thanksgiving without. Every year, A16 closes for Thanksgiving Day, and chef Liza Shaw is as thankful about that as anyone. "If you stay open for Thanksgiving," she says, "you're expec ... More >>

Prep Your Gut With 4505 Meats' Turducken Sandwich

Jonathan Kauffman4505 Meats' chicken-in-a-duck-in-a-turkey (and eventually in you), $12.​ Wednesday, November 24, 2010 If you've been reading SFoodie religiously, you know that 4505 Meats has been taking orders for Thanksgiving turducken. On the 4505 blog, owner Ryan Farr has posted photos of the ... More >>

The Gay Gratitude List

Oh happy day...​The Week in GayIn recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of the acknowledgment that things aren't all that bad (or maybe they are and we need to stop and smell the roses) I offer a list of events and persons worthy of gratitude.For example: Skating with the Star ... More >>

Holiday Food Alert: Zog's Dogs Turkey Dinner Weenies

Zog's Dogs is bringing back the Thanksgiving Dog in all its glory. It's basically an entire Thanksgiving dinner in a bun: turkey sausage, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and crunchy fried onions. Well, nobody ever said they don't have a sense of humor. Crazy, right? Oh, and you can get it d ... More >>

Top 5 Cheap Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Listen, times are tough. If you find yourself in a precarious financial situation this Thanksgiving, but still have to prepare a big meal so friends and family aren't stuck eating your couch cushions (you need those!), here's our foolproof list of inexpensive yet delicious hella cheap Thanksgiving S ... More >>

Thanksgiving Galore, PETA's Holiday Antics, and Pit Bulls & Sexy Men Calendars For All!

​• Chako, a pit bull rescue and education group, has put together an amazing calendar of sexy, sexy naked men and adorable, adorable pit bulls. Gift them to everyone this holiday season, especially your ignorant friends and relatives who say stupid things about pit bulls because they know nothin ... More >>

Do Not Pity the Turkey. Fear the Turkey.

They will hunt you, too.​Humans may eat millions of turkeys at Thanksgiving, but don't think that the turkeys aren't fighting back. If YouTube is to be believed, the turkey resistance is growing. They are chasing down terrified reporters in Sacramento and attacking our infrastructure (we ... More >>

No Fresh Dungeness Crabs for Thanksgiving

being1628/FlickrNow off the menu for Thanksgiving.​As SFoodie reported on Friday, negotiations between the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners' Association and the Bay Area largest crab processors have flatlined over the price the processors were willing to pay. The fishermen have stuck to their demand ... More >>

The TSA Warns: No Cranberry Sauce in Your Carry-On. Pie's OK, Though.

pbody/FlickrF​lying with young children is treacherous. Flying with pie is even more so. But it's legal, says the Transportation Safety Agency, which provided Eatocracy with do's and don'ts for Thankgiving travelers. (Thanks to Foodzie for the link.) No, you may not take a cheeseball or cran ... More >>

Thanksgiving 101: How Not to Burn Down Your House While Cooking

Only you can prevent apocalyptic Thanksgiving fires.Editor's Note: The author writes this from a pre-Thanksgiving pecan pie coma in the office. ​I'm not dissing anyone, the pie I ate was store-bought -- by me -- as will be all my other additions to my Thanksgiving potluck come Thursday. My domesti ... More >>

Need a Last-Minute Roast Turkey? Go to Chinatown

SFBart/FlickrA Thanksgiving turkey as glamorous as this roast duck? Possibly.​There may be no English-language advertisements on the windows, or Thankgiving-order takers stationed in the doorway, but many of Chinatown's butcher shops sell roast turkey for Thanksgiving. If you bring New Golden Dais ... More >>

This Thanksgiving, Learn Mary Risley's Beautifully Profane Way to Cook Turkey

In a wonderful instructional that has garnered over 10,000 views in the past two days, San Francisco's Mary Risley cuts out all the crap you've ever heard about making turkey for Thanksgiving. After decades of experience on the topic, the proprietor of Tante Marie's Cooking School and head of the n ... More >>

Thanksgiving: A Deadly Day on the Road

That's one bottle of Wild Turkey too many ​I don't know about you, but at our Thanksgiving dinners there's always that one person who consumes more Wild Turkey than turkey. And thinking of this made us wonder: Why hasn't the San Francisco Police Department made any plans for DUI checkpoints this T ... More >>

Ugly Thanksgiving Sweaters: Tonight Is Your Last Chance to Find Them on eBay

Garland detachable.​The hours until Thanksgiving morning are nearing, and soon you will awaken to the smell of turkey and stuffing wafting through a house chock-full of relatives and the sound of football droning from the television. You'll hop out of bed and reach for that one perfect Turkey Day ... More >>

Black Friday: Occupiers Join Indigenous People to Protest Mall on Burial Grounds

Occupiers = modern day pilgrims minus the brutality on Native Americans?​The Occupy movement is all about raising consciousness of the dark colonial underpinnings of Thanksgiving. Yesterday morning, Occupiers were up before dawn to broadcast the Indigenous People Sunrise Ceremony on Alcatraz Islan ... More >>

Video Released of Suspect Who Intentionally Ran Over Firefighter

Police have released surveillance of the suspect they say intentionally ran down a Cal firefighter with his vehicle on Thanksgiving Day, critically injuring him.The victim, a 29-year-old firefighter and former marine, was at a Shell gas station at about 2:45 a.m. on Geary Boulevard near 11th Avenue ... More >>

The Crab Boats Are on the Water, and Fresh Dungeness Is Coming Soon

Debra Hamilton/CA Dept. of Fish & Game​Yesterday, the San Francisco Chronicle broke the news that the Dungeness crab strike was over and the boats were heading out to set their traps. As SFoodie had reported before Thanksgiving, the Bay Area's Dungeness crab season began on November 15, but lo ... More >>