

The big plan that year was to get everyone to my grandmother’s apartment in Monticello, NY for Thanksgiving. (Toast with peanut butter has since become my preferred breakfast item, but I remember that no one liked pizza, because we all thought the cheese smelled bad. In due time, we came face-to-face with hamburgers, pizza, chocolate milk, and peanut butter. My grandmother, who had been in New York by herself for years, worked to get all five of her adult children and their families from China to the United States, and by the time we got here, she was eager to introduce us to all things American. It was our second year in America as new immigrants.

I still remember that Thanksgiving over thirty years ago like it was yesterday. Read More Thanksgiving Memories Judy Leung: “Finding the George Washington Bridge” We’ve received messages from many Woks of Life readers who have also made this their family’s annual go-to Thanksgiving turkey recipe. It has never failed to produce an incredibly moist, flavorful bird, and there’s no complicated liquid brine or spice mix involved! This is his Thanksgiving turkey recipe, and we use it every year.
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My grandfather was a professional chef working in the Catskills and the eventual owner of a Chinese restaurant. We’ll go in rough order on these 25 Thanksgiving recipes, from turkey, to sides, to desserts, all the way to what to do with the leftovers! 1. (Click on the read more links or recipe photos to go to the recipe!) The Woks of Life Family’s Top 25 Thanksgiving Recipes In addition to hopefully inspiring your holiday menus, each of us also has a story to share about memorable Thanksgivings from days past, which we’ll add at the end.
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We also have a recipe for a full Thanksgiving dinner with gravy and stovetop stuffing using a turkey breast rather than a whole turkey-for those smaller celebrations-as well as recipes for those all-important leftovers! We have the roast turkey recipe we use every year (our grandpa’s recipe), and a bunch of our favorite sides. With Thanksgiving just a couple weeks away, we’re rounding up ALL of our family’s favorite Thanksgiving recipes on the blog.
