"CHOW" offers Thanksgiving Recipes to reply on

Submitted by CHOW, a new kind of food media

We're warning you: Don't try to cook something other than turkey (or a vegetarian turkeylike thing) on Thanksgiving. People will whine. But if you want a little leeway within the turkey sector, CHOW's got all kinds of recipes in varying degrees of tradition-hewing. There's the simple roasted bird, of course; a bird that's smoked; a bird that's wrapped in bacon; a bird that's fried; a bird that's deboned and rolled; and the outrageous outlier, a turkey—and all the trimmings—molded into one big cake. And of course we've got the stuffing, the pie, the cranberry sauce. Tested and approved. All delicious recipes that will provide you with Thanksgiving success stories that you will tell to your children and grandchildren for years to come. For reals.

Basic Roasted Turkey ... Simple, classic, reliable

Fried Turkey ... Embrace the deep-fryer

Smoked Turkey ... Send someone outside to do the dirty work

Homemade Vegan Tofurkey ... Your nonturkey turkey option

Sausage Stuffing ... Can we make this our main course?

Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes ... Can't go wrong

Tart Cranberry Pie ... Take another piece

Thanksgiving Recipes ... Dig in here for dinner

Thanksgiving Dinner in the Mountains

Just to name a few:


BRYSON CITY    Grand Thanksgiving Buffet Thirteen Moons Restaurant at the Village. 12:00pm – 7:00pm Adults $21.95, Children 6-11 $9.95, Under 5 Free. An incredible array of taste treats from Assorted Antipasto Display and Chilled Seafood Station to Butter Basted Tom Turkey, Fall Specialty Entrees and Sides and Gourmet Dessert Buffet.

LAKE LURE   Thanksgiving Buffet at Lakeview Restaurant   11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Roasted Tom Turkey, Baked Virginia Ham, Prime Rib with Au jus, Chicken Marsala, a lovely Smoked Salmon display, Baked Almond crusted Tilapia with Vanilla Rum Habanera Sauce Peel and Eat Shrimp, Cornbread Stuffing, Giblet Gravy, Mashed Potatoes and much more!

ASHEVILLE    Carmel's Restaurant & Bar Serving Thanksgiving Dinner Located in the Grove Arcade. Serving a delicious repast from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Butternut Squash Soup, Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese, Caesar Salad, Sugar Glazed Ham, Slow Roasted Turkey Breast, Winter Squash Ravioli, Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes and much more.


MAGGIE VALLEY   Maggie Valley Club Thanksgiving Buffet. Turkey, ham, Salmon, prime rib and all the extras. Reservations required. $23.95++ for adults and $12.95++ for children. (828) 926-4848.

BOONE    Dan'l Boone Inn Thanksgiving 11:00 am to 9:00 pm. Traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Reservations are accepted for groups of 15 or more with advanced notice. Please call 828-264-8657 to make a reservation.

HIGHLANDS   Wolfgang's Restaurant and Wine Bistro Thanksgiving Dinner 11:30AM-3PM. Turkey, ham or lamb with sides, soup or salad, dessert. Adults $39.00
Children (10 & Under) $17.00