Thinking of the Needy

In one of the first trash cans Joe Remsen opens, he finds chunks of turkey in a plastic wrapping. His “mmmm” echoes through the streets, a victory cry over hunger.
By Vanessa Martinez. Read more…

For those without the economic means to celebrate, the Majority Baptist Church, in St. Albans, Queens, delivers food baskets.
By Essence Frazier. Read more…
Divergent Tastes

Half-Filipino, half-Pakistani, the Syed family dinners include turkey, candied yams and sweet potato pie, but also curry, zurda and leche flan.
By Ismael Syed. Read more…

Many Latinos shopping in the Key Food, Met and Bravo in the days before Thanksgiving were looking for dishes from their homelands, adding a twist to the traditional American holiday meal.
By Suzanna Delgado.Read more…
Black Friday

A team of Dollars & Sense reporters threw themselves into the throngs on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, and filed these reports and observations.
By Teresa Roca, Nicholas Anglero, Christina Torrence and Duncan Goodwin. Read more…
Family Rituals

Some people like the holiday rituals; others observe them with irony.
By Anya Khalamayzer. Read more…

Pipes break, ovens die, what else can go wrong?
By Rachel Vincent. Read more…

Bhutanese immigrants discover a new holiday.
By Adarsh Gurung.Read more…

For the first time, my sisters and I prepared the turkey ourselves – my dad just a spectator.
By Marcus Martinez. Read more…
Outside the Box

If you don’t believe in God, whom do you thank on Thanksgiving.
By Chaya Rappaport. Read more…

With so many young people returning home for the holiday weekend, is it a surprise that Thanksgiving Eve has become one of the biggest party nights of the year?
By Maria Christoforidis. Read more…