Turkey with a twist

By: Erin Floro

A read a humorous story by Regina Schrambling, food editor for the New York Times, that gives her perspective on coming up with a gimmick for preparing Thanksgiving dinner.  She said most food writers dread this assignment because you must be creative and come up with a new idea each year for preparing the feast.  She compares it to trying to reinvent the wheel.

She has written articles with themes like beautiful Thanksgiving, budget Thanksgiving, lavish Thanksgiving, and ethic Thanksgiving.  She has written about fast turkey, slow turkey, etc.  You get the picture.

Writers and editors put so much effort in tweaking the menu when, for the most part, Americans like the good old traditional dinner.  Nothing fancy about it, just turkey, stuffing, cranberries, potatoes and gravy, and pumpkin pie.