The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

(Nandana) #1

ROASTING TURKEY


Turkey  gets    a   bum rap,    and I   blame   it  all on
Thanksgiving.

Roast Turkey is one of the few foods that we often only
prepare once a year, and, as a result, most people never
really get too good at cooking it. Year after year, we gather
around the holiday table, thinking about that turkey like we
think about our family members: one of those things we just
have to put up with before the wine and the pie kick in.
It’s a crying shame, because turkey is one of my favorite
birds to eat, and it’s a great inexpensive option that should

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