Thanksgiving

The story of Thanksgiving zigzags through American history with some surprising twists. What started as a somber Puritan day of prayer is now about football and food. How did we get there?

A small band of religious extremists flee persecution in Europe in the hopes of creating a more godly society in the New World, but devastating difficulties await these immigrants in North America.

It's the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinner tables and one of the most famous birds in North America. From pets to presidential pardons, take a look at the feisty fowl that's the reluctant star of our holiday dinners.

Ho, ho, ho! 'Tis the season of survival. Armed with history, humor and his trademark ranting, the "Curmudgeon of Comedy" returns to make sense of this 36-day, end-of-year insanity that consumes us all.

Travel from the potato's mysterious origins in the South American Andes to the ethnic enclaves of New York's lower Eastside. Visit large-scale potato producers, and learn how to mass produce tots, chips, vodka, and more.

A defeated Napoleon drowned his sorrows in it; Thomas Jefferson became obsessed with it. Chart the history and explosive growth of wine as an integral part of our culture.