Tag: Thanksgiving
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A gory holiday: Eli Roth turns his ‘Grindhouse’ trailer into bloody ‘Thanksgiving’ mayhem
Back in 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released their cult-classic double-feature, Grindhouse, and the project featured some glorious, disgusting fake trailers. Two of those trailers, Machete and Hobo With a Shotgun, were eventually made into full movies, while another, Thanksgiving—a contribution from horror director Eli Roth—was rumored to become a full movie for years.…
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Thanksgiving wines: What to buy, how to serve—and when to break with tradition
In October 1621, the 53 survivors of the Mayflower, along with 90 Wampanoag people, celebrated the Mayflower passengers’ first harvest in the New World with a three-day feast—what’s often called the first Thanksgiving. Sadly, they had no wine. I believe all the food served at that first Thanksgiving would have tasted much better with a…
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Streetalk: What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? Your least favorite?
Posted inStreetalk Asked at Reno Public Market, 299 E. Plumb Lane, Reno Elizabeth Swanson Student Mashed potatoes. I’m a potato person. You can put a lot of flavors into them. You can have bacon bits, sour cream, etc. Potatoes are fun. I don’t like cranberry sauce. It comes out of a can. It’s gross. It’s…