Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.       A little Christmas present today we are bringing back from our Thanksgiving episode.   Even though she is one of the best known Italian chefs, author and PBS TV personality …Lidia Bastianich brings her magic to preparing a traditional turkey.     And you can do it too…even if you already have the bird in the oven…

“How do you get that golden color, nice brown on the turkey skin, everybody wants to do that.  Butter does it to a certain extent.  But if you put balsamic vinegar,  I reduce it a little with honey, with some herbs.  And then in the last half hour of baking I brush the turkey with this mixture and the turkey becomes a nice mahogany color.  I do it every year.  People love it.”

Lidia chatted with us on the What’s Next Living Longer, Better Smarter podcast.   And her latest book..Lidia’s The Art of Pasta…makes a great gift for the season too.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.