Remember, America: Organization Will Set You Free.

I Spent A College Semester In A Small Town In Italy - And That Is Where I Truly Tasted Food For The First Time.

That's The Ultimate Goal Of Most Turkey Recipes: To Create A Great Skin And Stuffing To Hide The Fact That Turkey Meat, In Its Cooked State, Is Dry And Flavorless. Does It Have To Be That Way? No. We Just Have To Focus On What The Turkey Is And What The Turkey Needs.

Basting Is Evil. Basting Does Nothing For The Meat. Why? Skin. Skin Is Designed To Keep Stuff Out Of The Bird, So Basting Just Lets Heat Out Of The Oven. That Means The Turkey Will Take Longer To Cook... So Don't Touch That Door!

I'm Just Sitting Around Thinking About Turkey.

The Kitchen's A Laboratory, And Everything That Happens There Has To Do With Science. It's Biology, Chemistry, Physics. Yes, There's History. Yes, There's Artistry. Yes, To All Of That. But What Happened There, What Actually Happens To The Food Is All Science.