Asian-Inspired Thanksgiving

 Thanksgiving
on October 26, 2012
Asian Inspired Thanksgiving Menu
Mark Boughton Photography / styling by Teresa Blackburn
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, one my family adopted when we moved from Cambodia to France and then to the United States in 1978. Inspired by my Asian-French heritage, my Thanksgiving combines Eastern and Western flavors for a unique yet simple twist on the classic turkey dinner.

The menu changes, one year being more French-influenced than Asian and vice versa, but it always boasts contrasting flavors, textures and colors. Our turkey will be perfumed with a simple soy and ginger marinade and filled with a cilantro and mushroom sticky rice stuffing. It will be accompanied by colorful roasted root vegetables drizzled with a miso sauce and a refreshing salad of peppery greens with pears and crumbled walnuts—a true melting pot of a meal.

—By Corinne Trang, a cookbook author and food writer in Westport, Conn.

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