It’s the YouTube version of HD. Here’s a beautiful video of Chef Marc Lanteri in action at Il Baluardo.

A typical "Hand Turkey"

Millions of American children make “Hand Turkeys” every year. Seeing these hand turkeys always brings back memories of days when my parent’s refrigerator was decorated with a flock of colorful hand turkeys.

Yes, you can even make your own:

We include this tradition in our logo.  We took the hand turkey, and bent it in a way that it was giving thanks for your generosity.  Thank you!

Thanks Dinner Logo

Marc Lanteri, Amy Bellotti, Daniel McVicar discuss the menu at Eataly.

This week at Eataly, noted Chef Marc Lanteri and Amy Bellotti, his wife and partner at the restaurant Il Baluardo met with Daniel McVicar to prepare the menu for the Thanks Dinner at Eataly the 26th of November.

Chef Lanteri is taking the American traditions of Thanksgiving, and creating a menu with fresh typical local ingredients from Piedmont.

Marc Lanteri’s talents have been recognized by the Michelin guide with a much sought after Michelin star and it is sure that the evening at Eataly will be very satisfying for all in attendance.  Even more satisfying than the Piedmont/French twist on the traditional pumpkin pie will be the fact that the evening is to benefit Servizi Vincenziani, a charity that provides meals to the hungry in Turin.

Daniel McVicar and Oscar Farinetti

Thanks to the cooperation of Oscar and Francesco Farinetti, Eataly in Turin is the place for the first annual Thanks Dinner!  Oscar Farinetti, founder of Italy, and his son Francesco Farinetti, the CEO have been kind enough to coordinate this charitable effort. Eataly is the largest gastronomic market in the world, an incredible place that will send you to heaven with its selection and the incredible “slow food” products found there.  Eataly has branches all over Italy, and is also in Tokyo and coming next year to New York City.

Also found there is a beautiful space that will be decorated and filled with 180 seats for this limited Thanksgiving dinner November 26th.

Daniel McVicar

Thanksgiving Day is a very important holiday for Americans.  It is where families gather to celebrate abundance and share the food and the good will.  Traditionally all gather around a classic turkey, with stuffing, mashed potatoes, and the good food that is brought by the family to the meal.

This comes from the real events in 1623, where the pilgrims who came across on the Mayflower and many died on the way and during the first year.  After making friendships with the Native Americans, a group of Pilgrims survived and thrived with the next harvest.  Thanksgiving is a sharing of that harvest, and thanking God for all his good gifts.

Daniel McVicar has spent much time in Italy, which has become his second home.  This will be his sixth Thanksgiving spent looking for pumpkin pie, and wanting to share the holiday with his friends.

He decided that this year he wanted to take his gratitude and share it in a real way, and along with his fiance Dr. Virginia De Agostini, is creating the “Thanks Dinner” in Turin to benefit the Servizi Vincenziani and their good wok helping the needy, and serving up an incredible 800 meals a day in Turin.

A new site, a new cena, a great cause.