In the US, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday
in November each year. It's the ultimate foodie feast and can be summed up in a single word: overeating.
Jimmy Doherty uncovers some of the tricks that food producers use to bring us food out of season. He learns how fish farmers fool their fish into believing it's summer when it's winter and turns his own pork into sandwich ham.
As the cold, dark nights draw in, November is the month for hunkering down in the kitchen and cooking up comforting stews and rib-sticking roasts.
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Find out how to make sugar plums, wassail punch and more from the Victorian Farm team.