Each meal purchase will allow us to purchase a box of ingredients for a family: a turkey, 40# of fresh produce (potatoes, onions, yams, apples, citrus, greens and anything else that is surplus!), bread from local bakeries (provided by Bi-Rite, Tartine, and Whole Foods), and non-perishables (including dry beans, rice, canned cranberry and pumpkin), and 2# of Peet’s coffee to round out a full Thanksgiving feast. This year, Free the Need will be making 350 food and turkey boxes give away to families in the Mission District and within the greater Bay Area. The boxes are put together by an all-volunteer crew here in San Francisco and they have been running this program here for the past 28 years.

A take on an Italian Porchetta. A Mary's turkey leg filled with a turkey-fennel sausage and turkey tenderloin, slowly basted, sliced and served with Meyer Lemon cranberry relish and a giblet gravy.

A vegetarian take on a classic "Turducken". Soy chorizo, smoked tofu, Seitan and veggies wrapped in Yuba skin. Roasted, sliced and served with a vegetarian mushroom gravy.

A Challah bread, butternut squash, sage and apple stuffing

A slaw of shredded raw Brussels sprout, celery root, apples, red onion, carrot and a creamy celery seed dressing topped with pomegranate seeds

Parsnips and Yukon Gold potatoes mashed with butter, milk and topped with scallions

Green beans and kale cooked with a Chanterelle mushroom veloute topped with fried shallots

Home made and hand stretched strudel dough filled with apples, cranberries and an almond frangiapane, baked and served with a whipped home made creme fraiche and caramel sauce