Talking About Turkey Cookwise, a practical guide to culinary mysteries and kitchen science, won the 1998 James Beard Award for Food Reference & Techniques. The book's author, culinary expert Shirley Corriher, has a new DVD, Kitchen Secrets Revealed. With Thanksgiving upon us, she offers useful turkey tips. This interview originally aired on Nov. 24, 1997.

Thanksgiving 2006

Food and family are the focus for most Americans on Thanksgiving Day.

Talking About Turkey

November 16, 200611:00 AM ET

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Cookwise, a practical guide to culinary mysteries and kitchen science, won the 1998 James Beard Award for Food Reference & Techniques. The book's author, culinary expert Shirley Corriher, got her start as a research biochemist at the Vanderbilt Medical school, and learned to cook preparing meals for a boarding school she and her husband ran.

Corriher now has a new DVD, Kitchen Secrets Revealed. With Thanksgiving upon us, she offers useful turkey tips. This interview originally aired on Nov. 24, 1997.

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Thanksgiving 2006

Food and family are the focus for most Americans on Thanksgiving Day.