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I have arthritis, and I read somewhere that I should not eat green peppers, potatoes or tomatoes with this ailment.

Potatoes are Versatile and Delicious The most popular vegetable in America is the amazing potato.

In the South, sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving is practically a mandate. When we were kids, that meant a ``casserole'' of mashed sweet potatoes with sugar added and sweet marshmallows on top.

So just what does it mean when a promotion says, "Cooking with love?" I received such a promotion today, the essence of which was to sell me some cookware.

Family holiday traditions are sometimes hard to explain. Especially on issues around food.

There will be no VIP treatment for mega-watt starlet Lindsay Lohan this Thanksgiving.

Is there any tougher meal to put on the table than serving leftovers on the day after Thanksgiving without making it look like leftovers? I know everyone craves the next-day turkey sandwich piled high with trimmings and cranberry sauce, but if you want to make a meal look a bit more special there are ways you can spice up the menu.

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn feast, acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

More than 150 military veterans at a South Carolina VA Medical Center are being treated to a special Thanksgiving meal.

JUNEAU, Alaska - Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn-on-the-cob ... and gumboots, hooligan oil and wild celery sauce? "We eat gumboots and wild celery, and devil's club," said Metlakatla native Hannah Henderson, whose mother is Tsimshian and father Irish.

The Sedgwick County Zoo didn't forget about its elephants on Thanksgiving. Several families turned out Thursday as African elephants Cinda and Stephanie were treated to a special feast.

San Francisco's Glide Memorial United Methodist Church will be feeding about 5,000 homeless or at-risk city residents during its Thanksgiving celebration Thursday, a spokeswoman said.

AP photo Volunteer Aric Miller unloads a box of canned goods Tuesday at the All Saints Parish in southwest Detroit.

Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday.

President Barack Obama put out a cornucopia of foods, including six different types of pies, for his 50 or so Thanksgiving guests at the White House.

There's at least one Post Falls, Idaho, family who might have a difficult time celebrating Thanksgiving after a thief was spotted stealing someone's turkey early Thursday morning.

If anyone needed proof that the economy hasn't completely rebounded, they only had to look at the huge crowd that showed up for free food in Wilson Wednesday.

Except for the tendency to overeat, Thanksgiving dinner may not be as bad for people as they think.

We now interrupt Mrs. Palin's book tour to bring you Thanksgiving, a grand old holiday, and we in the book business are thankful for her, that a busy woman who wanted to tell her story chose the medium of ink and paper between hard covers.

Servings: 6 to 8 5 large or 10 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks 1 head garlic Canola or vegetable oil, for roasting the garlic 15 fresh sage leaves 1/4 cup heavy cream 6 tablespoons butter Salt and ground black pepper, to taste Directions: Place the potatoes in a large saucepan of lightly salted water.