How to Cook a Turkey

The best resources on the internet on cooking Thanksgiving poultry

Posted October 5th, 2011

Cooking times and temperature for roast turkey are tricky to remember, no matter how many times you've cooked the bird for family and friends. We've rounded up a few resources on the proper preparation of Thanksgiving turkey.

The Canadian Living Cooking School has instructions on how to cook a turkey, as well as how to stuff a turkey and recipe ideas
Domestic queen Martha Stewart, has a full roast turkey recipe (with beautiful, illustrative photos!)
The Food Network has how-to videos for every common Thanksgiving question, including how to carve a turkey and how to make gravy
Epicurious explains how to prepare and roast a turkey in a variety of ways and addresses that essential question, "To brine or not to brine?"

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