BONUS Episode – Small Plate: Talking Turkey 2019

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About the episode

Thanksgiving is a special holiday, especially if you love family and food. In this bonus episode, we share thoughts on Thanksgiving cooking from Toria Frederick of The Step Stool Chef as well as a funny story about turkey from Margie Saidel, a registered dietitian and VP of Nutrition and Sustainability at Chartwells K12.

MEET OUR GUESTS

Toria Frederick started cooking with her son based on the desire to nurture his independent spirit and natural curiosity for cooking. Now she is helping parents everywhere unlock the potential and passion in their kids. As co-founders of The Step Stool Chef, she and her son are building a platform dedicated to celebrating kid independence and leadership.

Margie Saidel, MPH, RD, LDN, is the VP of Nutrition and Sustainability at Chartwells K12, a food service management company. She’ll be featured on a spring episode of Kiddos in the Kitchen, too.


Episode highlights

0:15 – Stephanie’s thoughts on Thanksgiving

3:24 – Toria Frederick, on why cooking on Thanksgiving is just better

4:39 – Margie Saidel with an embarrassing turkey story

6:08 – Margie’s favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

7:45 – Closing words

Our favorite quotes from the episode

“I didn't want the stress. The stress of a perfect table, the stress of getting the turkey perfectly golden brown, the stress of dealing with everyone's expectations of what perfect side dishes should be on the table. But one year when no one else in the family wanted the stress either, I raised my hand to host and something kind of crazy happened. I loved it.” — Stephanie Conner, Host

“Thanksgiving is very big in our home. It is my favorite holiday because it's an opportunity to practice one of my favorite virtues, which is gratitude, and to really, truly be thankful. But also part of that holiday is a big cooking holiday in our family.” — Toria Frederick

“And I think cooking allows for you to just slow down and be in the moment when you are making it such a fun family event … cooking switches from a chore to an act of love. That it feels different, it feels better on Thanksgiving.” — Toria Frederick

“And we cooked the turkey with the giblets inside of it. We didn't take anything out. Now, not only is that a failure, but probably a bit dangerous also. But we made sure the turkey was the right temperature, and we didn't even figure it out. Of course the parents did, so that was pretty embarrassing.” — Margie Saidel