Hometown Twists on the Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving, as a holiday, is simultaneously marked by rigid adherence to tradition and infinite room for variation: turkey is pre-ordained, but the contents of its stuffing are not; the appearance of green beans is inevitable, but the method of preparation is flexible; dessert will obviously include pie, but pie is defined only by the existence of crust. Thanksgiving is a template as opposed to a menu, and this Thursday, there’s no doubt that more variations on the meal will be eaten in LA than anywhere else in the country. Below, a look at the hometown twists some of the city’s biggest non-native contingencies, including Koreans, Armenians and Midwesterners, will be putting on the traditional feast.
