TALKING TURKEY

If tinkering with the traditional turkey dinner appeals, we present three very different cuts, techniques and presentations— each accompanied by two sides and matched wines—that offer mouth‑watering flavours for any sized crowd.

If you love turkey but could do with a change, three different approaches—plus sides and matched wines—offer mouthwatering options for any size crowd.

THE CANADIAN FAMILY doesn’t look quite the same as it once did. Or rather, we’ve grown up enough to realize the supposed Norman Rockwell ideal doesn’t actually reflect our reality. And that’s a good thing. We are all connected by food and love, and the holidays are a perfect time to come together and celebrate both. Here, we present three feasts, one that’s for two to four people, another for four to six, and another for eight to ten. What they all share are fresh takes on tradition with the simplest expression of turkey at their core. And they’re so easy to prepare that the holidays will be your jolliest in years.

So let’s toast turkey time! But what kind of wine shall we choose for that toast? Red, white, rosé? The holiday bird is famously versatile. It’s the other flavours and textures in the recipe that help us decide. Finding one wine that will work magically with every single thing on the plate is asking a lot, so pick out a couple of the most powerful elements on the plate (a flavourful sauce, perhaps, and one or two of the side dishes) and concentrate on them.