SAN DIEGO — Turkey, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, listeria, salmonella, E. coli — wait, what? That’s right, Thanksgiving — the Super Bowl of cooking for home chefs — is upon us. And if ...

For years, if you wanted to talk turkey — actual turkey, like the one probably thawing in your refrigerator — you'd call the Butterball Turkey Talk-line. The home economists there famously know all ...