Chef, author and restaurateur Tanya Holland. Aubrey Pick/Tanya Hollandhide caption

Participants are seen deep frying turkey on November 24, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee. Jason Kempin/Getty Imageshide caption

Elazar Sontag, the new food critic atThe Washington Post, talks with NPR'sMorning Edition about ending anonymity and rethinking how restaurant criticism can feel more accessible.Sara Merghide caption

Once an ubiquitous item at Chinese restaurants, chop suey (seen here in one of its contemporary forms) is now widely viewed as generic and inauthentic. But its history is rich, says professor Miranda Brown. Gettyhide caption

Several varieties of shredded mozzarella and cheese blends, sold at retailers including Aldi, Target and Walmart, are being recalled over concerns they were contaminated with bits of metal. Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Imageshide caption

As well as the traditional Thanksgiving fare, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will enjoy clams, smoked salmon and lobster. NASA webcasthide caption

Bolones de Verde con Chicharrón y Huevo A Martinezhide caption

One of the two national Thanksgiving turkeys, Waddle and Gobble, which were presented to journalists in the Willard Room of the Willard InterContinental on November 24, 2025 in Washington, DC., for the 78th annual Turkey Pardoning at the White House. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Imageshide caption

Jiffy corn muffins have been an American family dinner staple for 75 years. Chelsea Milling Companyhide caption

"Friendsgiving" describes a meal, usually potluck-style, shared with friends around the time of Thanksgiving. The custom may be centuries old, but the word only entered Merriam-Webster's dictionary in 2020. PeopleImages/Getty Images/iStockphotohide caption

Frozen turkeys are displayed for sale inside a grocery store on Nov. 14, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Imageshide caption

A person shops for produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a grocery store Monday in Baltimore. Stephanie Scarbrough/APhide caption

An employee walks past pallets of nonperishable food at a warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6. Mark Schiefelbein/APhide caption

A California's SNAP benefits shopper pushes a cart through a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. Allison Dinner/APhide caption

Donated food items at Curley's House Food Bank in Miami, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/via Getty Imageshide caption

A traditional Thanksgiving dinner can be hard to come by when you're overseas. How do Americans living abroad celebrate when they're far, far from home? Rita Maas/Getty Imageshide caption

A listeria outbreak linked to prepared pasta products has killed six people and sickened over two dozen across 18 states, federal health officials say. Jennifer Oosthuizen/CDChide caption

Nite Yun's debut cookbook is called My Cambodia: A Khmer Cookbook. Andria Lo/Ten Speed Presshide caption