Our family tradition is to celebrate Thanksgiving with a fine meal. We have a lot to be thankful for, as you will see.

• Smoked Turkey

I like to brine and smoke my turkey.  The brine consists of {salt, chicken stock, honey, Chardonnay, peppercorns, herbs, oranges, ice}.   I put the bird in the brine on Saturday, since it was partially frozen.  I used a 25 pound organic bird from Diestel.  I stuffed the bird with garlic and yellow onions before smoking.