Make your Thanksgiving dinner a meal to remember with heritage foods rich in meaning and flavor. This year, we scoured the country for the caliber of handcrafted foods that graced our grandparents’ tables.

Setting the tone for our heritage feast is a Narragansett turkey, the original American breed. To accompany it, we dipped into family holiday recipe boxes and antique cookbooks for inspiration. The Thanksgiving recipes below are full of delicious foods with links to the past. Happily, renewed interest in cooking with heirloom ingredients has led to greater availability. Visit www.seedsavers.org for heirloom seeds and their kitchen uses and www.localharvest.com for farms and markets selling heirloom produce, meats, and other farm-fresh products near you.