Our panel of culinary experts share ideas for common and less-obvious dishes to make for the holidays (Thanksgiving and beyond), with some recipes from our panelists and listeners—as well as advice on making traditional Thanksgiving dishes. We will hear from various communities about their food traditions and beloved dishes.
Guests
- Nancy Harmon Jenkins, food journalist and historian, writer, speaker, cookbook author.
- Peggy Grodinsky, Food, Books, and Outdoors Editor, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
- Sam Hayward, chef/owner of Fore Street, pioneering farm-to-table chef
- Don Lindgren, with Rabelais Inc., Fine Books on Food & Drink; team member of the upcoming Maine Bicentennial Cookbook
- Shoshana Hoose, a founding member of “Welcoming the Stranger” and lead organizer of a Thanksgiving event for new arrivals to Maine
- John Bear Mitchell, citizen of the Penobscot Nation from Indian Island in Maine.; coordinator of the University of Maine System Office Native American Waiver and Educational Program, and of U Maine's Wabanaki Center Outreach and Student Development Coordinator; lecturer of Wabanaki Studies and Multicultural Studies
Resources
- A Maine favorite: chowder
- Home grown food for the holidays
- Move Over Turkey, Make Room for Seafood this Thanksgiving
- Italian Grilled or Fried Eel Recipe
- Thanksgiving side: Not heavy, possibly acidic or citrusy?
- These foodies want you to raid grandma's recipe box for her best Maine recipes
- Muskrat Recipes
- Festival of St. Lucia
- Welcoming the Stranger
- An eco friendly Thanksgiving