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Crazy Aerial Photos of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

By Caroline Stanley on

We know, we know. It’s been a week. By this point, you’ve already made your way through all of your turkey leftovers and various pie/casserole situations lurking in your fridge. But we’ve got one final Thanksgiving-related treat for you to enjoy: We just discovered these very cool aerial shots of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade snapped by Brooklyn-based photographer Navid Baraty from 30 stories up in the air. “I grew up watching the parade on Thanksgiving morning with the family and it was my first time seeing it in person,” he told My Modern Met. “It’s crazy how small it all seemed from high above when you’re so used to seeing how giant the balloons look on TV that appear to be towering up into the buildings.” He’s right, the dramatic shift in perspective makes the strange — if familiar — visuals of the balloons floating their way down 6th Avenue even more surreal than it normally is. Click through now to see for yourself! … Read More

Web

What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we practiced the art of the out of office email. We found out how many balloons it would take to lift our apartments into the air. We wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving, Twin Peaks-style, and then we imagined a Breaking Bad Thanksgiving. We watched … Read More

Food

A Last-Minute Guide to Hosting Your First Thanksgiving

By Claire Cottrell on

Our great nation’s annual pious pilgrimage to dining room tables laden with baked birds, cranberry concoctions, and seasonal squash done ten ways is fast approaching, and the big question the day before the big event is: are you ready?

If you’re like us and inevitably millions of other Americans giving thanks for — among other things — a dependable day job, then you know how challenging balancing said dependable day job with fastidious feast preparation can be, especially when we’re all contending with the infinite number of special dietary needs that abound in the modern world. Well, fret no more because we’re taking the stress out of the final countdown to your first Turkey Day by offering you our handy guide to making it fun, making it fast, and making it fabulous. You can thank us later. … Read More

Television

How to Celebrate Thanksgiving Like Your Favorite TV Characters

By Chloe Pantazi on

Thanksgiving is for sitting around the table with family and friends, expressing gratitude for things most of us take for granted every other day of the year. But above all, Thanksgiving’s a time for TV, where tempers run as high as oven temperatures. Charred turkey, sibling rivalry, yam-slamming, and sticking a turkey on one’s head; without these key ingredients, no TV Thanksgiving would be complete. Here’s a list of what you’ll need to make your own TV Thanksgiving, at home. … Read More

Pop Culture

Exclusive: Thanksgiving Bingo for Your Dinner Table

By Jennifer Lewis on

Tired of gathering around the same old Thanksgiving table to eat the same old delicious meal while having the same old Thanksgiving-themed conversations? Bingo makes everything more… Read More

Film

Exclusive Supercut: 15 Thanksgiving Dos and Don’ts (From the Movies)

By Jason Bailey on

With Thanksgiving approaching, our holiday anxiety is at an all time high — after all, this is a high-stress holiday, with family member and friends gathering to eat, drink (often a lot), and judge. That combination of elements makes it awfully hard to know exactly how to act on Thursday; luckily, as in most difficult situations, the movies are here to help. So we’ve assembled clips from the Thanksgiving scenes of 17 movies, and gleaned the advice they offer in order to create 15 Dos and Don’ts for Thanksgiving. Check out this exclusive supercut after the jump. … Read More

History

Awesome Infographic: Anatomy of a Turducken

By Caroline Stanley on

According to famed food writer Calvin Trillin, the origins of turducken can be traced to Hebert’s Specialty Meats in Maurice, Louisiana, which started selling the seasonal dish to its customers in the mid ’80s, but as far back as Roman times, people were roasting birds inside of other birds. In fact, in the early 19th century, gastronomist Grimod de La Reynièr presented his recipe for rôti sans pareil (“roast without equal”), a Russian nesting doll of a dish that involves stuffing a bustard with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an ortolan bunting, and a garden warbler. Learn more about the history of turducken — and grab some tips on how to cook one of these frankenbirds — with the handy infographic after the jump! … Read More

Food

10 of the Oddest Thanksgiving Cooking Tutorials on YouTube

By Matthew Bower on

As far as holidays go, Thanksgiving seems to have become a magnet for bizarre traditions and experimental twists. Brined, deep-fried, soaked in booze, and stuffed with virtually anything that can conceivably fit inside of its hollowed-out body cavity, the classic turkey has undergone all sorts of gluttonous culinary torture in recent years — all in the name of loosened belts and severe food comas. So, it’s the perfect time of year to surprise those insufferable relatives of yours by doing something new. In case you’re looking for last minute inspiration, we’ve rounded up some Thanksgiving cooking tutorials that leave us feeling like maybe our family traditions aren’t so odd after all. … Read More

Web

What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we had a good laugh exploring this A to Z guide to R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet.” We were grateful for these Thanksgiving cards from our favorite fictional characters. We thought this lazy logic sounded about right. We broke down the stats for… Read More

History

Amusing Vintage Photographs of Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

By Jennifer Lewis on

Happy Thanksgiving week, folks! Will you be watching the Macy’s parade on Thursday? If so, you might want to check out these fascinating old photos and remember a time when lip syncing pop stars were nil and creepy balloons were aplenty. The parade debuted in 1924 as the “Macy’s Christmas Parade,” featuring Macy’s employees in lively costumes and animals from the Central Park Zoo. In 1927, the very first balloon was thrown into the mix, and the rest is history. Did you know that they used to set the balloons free, and whoever found a deflated one could mail it back to Macy’s in exchange for a gift? Crazy stuff. Anyway, check out our selection of vintage Thanksgiving Day parade photographs after the jump, then hit the comments to name your favorites. … Read More