"Talking turkey" about the bird you thought you knew ? Fondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cultural symbol as well as a multi-billion dollar industry. As a bird, dinner, commodity, and as a national icon, the turkey has become as American as the bald eagle (with which it actually competed for supremacy on national insignias). ? Food historian Andrew F. Smith's sweeping and multifaceted history of Meleagris...