Happy Thanksgiving from My Family to Yours!

There is always a lot of conversation bout the Turducken at this time of year.  This amazing entree deserves an amazing dessert and to that end I present to you "Charles Phoenix's Cherpumple: The "Monster" Pie-Cake"
Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

How To Clean Your Grill For Better Tasting Food

A well-maintained grill is the key to great tasting food, season after season -- chicken, meats, fish or other.  And keeping your grill clean is simple.
In this 4-minute from Lowe's, you'll learn basic, pre-grilling cleaning tricks, plus how to breakdown your gas grill completely and clean its parts.
Some of the pointers from the video:

• Clean your grill before every use using the grill's own heat and a wire brush
• Don't try to clean rusted and/or broken grill grates -- replace them
• After long periods of non-use, check your burners for insects and pests

The video is geared at beginners and includes a step-by-step tutorial. Even the most seasoned griller could probably pick up a tip or two.

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2 Days to Thanksgiving - Do You Have Menu?

Thanksgiving is Thursday. If you're cooking for group (or a crowd) and you haven't yet put your menu in order, click on through Bon Appetit's Thanksgiving Menu Planner.

Answer 3 basic questions and Bon Appetit serves up a list of dishes and their respective recipes.

1. For how many people are you cooking?


2. How much time do you have to cook?


3. What's your style?

The dishes range from the simple (Pumpkin Pie with Spiced Whipped Cream) to the sophisticated (Herb Roasted Turkey with Apple Cider Gravy). There's even a menu for vegetarians.

It's not too late to host a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Bon Appetit can get you moving in the right direction.

Or if you're a lucky guy like I am, maybe someone else will be cooking and all you'll need to do is show up, be thankful, and eat! What ever you're doing though - be thankful for what you have - its probably much more than some others have. And if you really want to be grateful - how about helping some one else? All you need to do is to click on the link to the right and change the world for someone by making a small donation - maybe give up a couple of movies so a little girl can go to school - or don't - its your choice.
I've already made mine.