10 Steps To Butter Roast A Turkey: Here are ten quick and easy steps to prepare the turkey and roast it with a melted butter baste. Nothing fancy, but still delicious. Instructions posted on Tipnut.com.

Buying Whole Turkeys: Provides details on how to buy and choose turkeys for your meal. Information outlines basic details on Fresh or Frozen; Basted or Unbasted; What Fryer or Roasting Turkeys are; Describes what Young turkeys, Yearling turkeys and Mature turkeys are; How to determine what size of turkey you need and briefly gives details of other labels such as: Free Range, Hen Turkeys and Kosher Turkeys. A great reference to check out, found at CookingForEngineers.com.

Carving the Perfect Turkey: Here are six steps to serving the perfect Thanksgiving bird. Use a long, sharp knife and a carving fork (suggests that an electric knife is unnecessary). Also gives details on how to carve the drumsticks instead of leaving them intact (if you want). Explains both the traditional method for carving the breast as well as the kitchen method. The kitchen method is cutting the entire breast away from the turkey and then moving it to a cutting board to cut it into pieces. The Traditional method is cutting even slices right off the bird. Find complete details at FactMonster.com.

How To Capture Thanksgiving With Your Camera: Photography tips for taking great pictures of your family gathering. Tips include taking group photos and candid photos. Details found at New York Institute of Photography.

How To Carve A Turkey: Here are step by step instructions for carving a turkey. Before starting, make sure to wash your hands very well and let the turkey cool down at least 20 minutes before carving. Details found on ButlersGuild.com.

This video shows how to carve a turkey, they make it look so easy!

Here are a few tips showing you how to open a bottle of wine, how to pour it and what types of glasses to serve it in.

Storing Cooked Turkey: A few basic tips for how to prepare and store the turkey leftovers including freezing, packaging and saving the carcass. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Thanksgiving Calculator: A free Shopping calculator that will present a complete Thanksgiving shopping list with how much to cook for each menu item. Enter a few variables and you’ll know just what you need. The spreadsheet can be downloaded here, but visit the main page (first link) for full details. The recipes and ingredients are basic, but you can use this spreadsheet to make your own if you like and use it again and again each year. This calculator was found at Instructables.com.

Thanksgiving Planner (pdf): Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be a frenzy of last-minute preparations–This is a pdf download outlining a few tips and suggestions to keep you on track when planning and preparing a Thanksgiving meal. Prints out in a single sheet. Found at MarthaStewart.com.

Thanksgiving Survival Guide: A simple strategy guide for preparing for your Thanksgiving meal. Starts the week before Thanksgiving and gives simple steps in point form to help keep you organized and right on track. Found at Epicurious.com.

Turkey 101: A complete guide to Turkey preparation, including buying a turkey, a chart for how to determine how big a turkey you’ll need as well as how long to allow for thawing and cooking. Information found at KraftFoods.com.

Turkey Carving 101: Here are Martha Stewart’s instructions for how to carve a turkey as well as how to arrange the slices on the platter. Details found at MarthaStewart.com.

Wines For Thanksgiving: For those of us that aren’t very knowledgeable about wines, choosing which wine to serve or present our host can be a bit nerve wracking. Here is a list of suggestions for both red and white wines. Some recommendations include Pinot Noir, Merlot, St. Laurent (for Red Wines) and Dry Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris (for White Wines). Also has a few recommendations for after dinner wines. Details found at WineMonger.com.