Turkey in a Face Mask

For Thanksgiving weekend, stories about food, and people who set out on very particular missions with food. Prologue: Vertamae Grosvenor, shows Ira how to tell a chicken is done simply by listening to the sound of the grease. (5 minutes) Dead Ringer: A while ago, a farmer walked through a pork processing plant in Oklahoma with a friend who managed it. He came across boxes stacked on the floor with labels that said "artificial calamari." Ben investigates the physical resemblance between two very different types of food. (24 minutes) Still Life With Chicken: Food writer Jonathan Gold tells what it's like to pan-fry a chicken—with a live chicken watching you the entire time. (14 minutes) Lunchtime With The King Of Ketchup: Jonathan Goldstein talks about his friend Howard who gets amazing treatment from people in the service industry. (13 minutes)