Vegetables News

For crisper skin, unwrap the turkey the day before roasting and leave it uncovered in the refrigerator overnight.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' Many acres of Mississippi crops remain in the fields, but now most of what is left will has no market value and will not be harvested.

The weather may not feel or look like it, but Thanksgiving is only eight days away, said Jane Stevenson, one of the organizers of the annual Marshfield Community Thanksgiving Dinner.

This Nov. 18, 2009 photo shows Alhaji Babah Sawaneh in Freetown, Sierra Leone . At 11 years-old Sawaneh became a child soldier of one of West Africa 's most brutal civil wars.

COSHOCTON -- Coshocton High School's sixth annual Thanksgiving Dinner will be served Nov.

These pretzels bake up soft and chewy, combining the best attributes of freshly baked bread with the wonderful flavors of a bacon-and-chive-topped baked potato.

Here is a recipe that I love to bring to my family's Thanksgiving feast. I don't know about the menu that is served at your Thanksgiving dinner, but at our Thanksgiving feast, the food is endless.

GARDENER Lionel Partridge did a quack double-take when he harvested this marrow — and found it was in the shape of a DUCK.

The freakish veg came complete with a beak, head, neck, body and tail.

According to a holiday market basket survey conducted by the Alabama Farmers Federation this month, the average cost of turkey, ham, pecans, sweet potatoes and apples dropped while cranberry sauce, re-packaged stuffing and oranges increased in price.

It's a week before Thanksgiving, do you know where your turkey is? By tomorrow, it should be in the refrigerator starting to thaw.

Don't have the time or oven space to do the bird this year? With a sharp knife and a grill, you can free up your oven, cut your roasting time from the standard three to four hours down to one, and get some tasty taters, too.

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, you're probably giving some thought to your menu.

For some people, the whole point of Thanksgiving dinner is to have leftovers. These are the people who intentionally buy a monster-size bird, mash way too many potatoes and pop an extra pie in the oven.

When you're in the mood for a decadent dip, a nip of blue cheese is sure to please.

Take your mashed potatoes to another level with garlic roasted in simmering oil and fried fresh sage.

An artist has used 26 different types of fruit to recreate the London skyline. Carl Warner and his team of five model-makers spent three weeks crafting the famous London landmarks out of foods ranging from melons and tomatoes to asparagus.

Many families in the Valley will be cutting back this holiday season, but you can still enjoy the holiday.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury.

Late season rains and cool temperatures caused green chile crops to ripen early this year, leading to a flood of red chile on the market.

A traveler who arrived at Miami International Airport earlier this month must pay a $300 penalty for trying to smuggle fresh sweet potatoes from Bolivia into the United States by disguising the vegetables as a candy.