Chef Christian Shaffer serves his Heritage turkey with blistered pears and parsnips to relatives gathered around the Thanksgiving table at the home of his cousin, Mitchell Sonners. At right is his nephew, Dylan Shaffer, 17 months. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer’s nephew Dylan Shaffer, 17 months, eats wild rice stuffing, while sitting around the Thanksgiving table at Topanga home of Mitchell Sonners. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer pours chateau pesquie’ southern rhone wine, as relatives gather around the Thanksgiving table. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
Relatives of Chef Christian Shaffer gather around the Thanksgiving table. In foreground, right is Chef Christian Shaffer’s shaved turnups and rutabaga. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
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Chef Christian Shaffer’s Heritage turkey with blistered pears and parsnips. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
Bryce Asay, father-in-law of Chef Christian Shaffer, has a glass of California sparkling wine, during gathering at the home of Mitchell Sonners in Topanga. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer’s wild rice stuffing. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer’s mushroom bread pudding. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
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Chef Christian Shaffer slices mushrooms for mushroom bread pudding while making Thanksgiving fare at the Topanga Canyon home of cousin Mitchell Sonners. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer rolls out dough for a molasses tart using an olive oil bottle as he prepares Thanksgiving fare. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer prepares mushroom bread pudding. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
Piper Shaffer digs into a molasses tart while prepared by her father Christian Shaffer. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
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Chef Christian Shaffer spoons wild rice stuffing into a serving dish. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer, right, carves Heritage turkey with wife Tedde. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
Chef Christian Shaffer removes pomegranate seeds from shell for wild rice stuffing. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
