In hono(u)r of American Thanksgiving, coming up next week, let’s all enjoy a classic episode from West Wing, in which President Bartlet gets on the phone to the Butterball Hotline:

If they ever bring West Wing back on the air, which you know isn’t going to happen — but I’m just saying, IF… it’ll need a bit of an update. According to Mary Clingman, director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, the virtual turkey guru is spreading its greasy little wings to help even more poultry-challenged holiday cooks:

This holiday season, the advice Americans have trusted for years is even more accessible with turkey tips, reminders and alerts sent straight to your mobile phone, a new mobile Web site, Web chats on Butterball.com, or live expert advice at 1-800-BUTTERBALL…

The next Butterball Web chat goes live on November 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Central. I’m almost tempted to pull a President Bartlet…

Well, look who’s been doing his own stint of “reality TV” — and it doesn’t get any more real than cooking in front of the television cameras, people.

Last week, the delightful Ken Hoyt hit AM Northwest to demonstrate his recipe for delicious Savory Bread Pudding with Blue Cheese Sauce.

Watch our Ken do his kitchen thing in this video from the TV show, then grab the full recipe at his own oh-so-stylish blog.

This bread pudding sounds like the perfect savoury and comforting dish for a cold winter evening. Best yet, it’s a meal that can be mostly prepared the night before. Come home and toss it into the oven, make the sauce, and enjoy!

The only thing that could make it more perfect would be Ken Hoyt in situ to share. You have to adore a lifestyle guru who can get away with saying things like this:

A cheese sauce adds a little bit of dignity to a whole bunch of things — like broccoli that may not be so yummy. But you put a little cheese sauce on it and you can choke down any good thing…

Amen to that cheese sauce, my friend!