Turkeys, Turkeys, and MORE Turkeys

I’ve done more Thanksgiving episodes than I can count. One thing is for sure… I have never been asked to construct a “turturkey!” What is a turturkey, you may ask? Leave it up to our friends over at How I Met Your Mother to come up with a new take on the classic Thanksgiving focal point. Turturkey= a turkey stuffed inside a turkey. (This isn’t to be confused with a turdurken, which is the common name for a chicken stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey)

Check out the cast as they sit down for their “Blitzgiving” meal, with my turturkey front and center...

Besides working on How I Met Your Mother, Hollywood Food Styling also took on the task of creating the Thanksgiving feast for NBC’s hit show, Parenthood. Parenthood is inspired by the movie of the same name and features the large and somewhat imperfect Braverman family. At the head of the family are Zeek (Craig T. Nelson, “Coach”) and Camille (Bonnie Bedelia, “Heart Like a Wheel”).

Like myself, Camille likes things organized and in their place. The Thanksgiving episode starts out in Camille’s kitchen at 5:00 am. The casserole dishes are neatly labeled with post-its to show what will be filling them, and an oven schedule is taped on the refrigerator. I worked hand-in-hand with property master, Jeffrey Johnson to make sure I had the right dishes to take back to the shop with me. We both had flashbacks of Pushing Daisies when we realized that this episode was going to require a ton of pies...apple, sweet potato and mince meat!