The WordSmitten Weekly Broadcast :: Thanksgiving Show

Tune in to the fun. Listen every 4 PM for this year's WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast celebrating the famous "Benchley Bird" for Thanksgiving. For our Thanksgiving show, we feature a time when recipes included booze, humor, and a human spice known as whimsy. In today's show, we discuss the ingredients for what is often referred to as Benchley's Blackened Bird. Rumors persist about this recipe. This blackened turkey is part of the 1930s legends associated with Harold Ross and The New Yorker's team of contributing writers. First thought to have been contained in a manuscript given to Robert Benchley by Morton Thompson, this highly seasoned and ultimately blackened turkey pops up every year. Perhaps to console his conscience (Benchley, it is said, lost Thompson's manuscript titled, The Naked Countess) this recipe became part lore, part recitation, and part of an annual holiday toast that Benchley included in his repertoire. We provide this to perpetuate the traditions of blackened holidays and crusty family stories. For the entire recipe, visit the WordSmitten site. Here's the link for the story, the bird, and the recipe details the we published five years ago and is still a great story and an amazing recipe. Link: http://www.wordsmitten.com/2003_seasoned_turkey.htm Have a wonderful, quiet, and remedial Thanksgiving, with warmest wishes for a loving and beloved holiday season. The WordSmitten Broadcast Team WordSmitten's host, Kate Sullivan, interviews notable authors, editors, literary agents, and publishing executives. These storytellers engage in lively and entertaining discussions about the people, the books, and the business of writing. Tune in to the fun. www.wordsmitten.com www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten