We used two 12-pound turkeys for our smackdown. All cooking times and temperatures vary by the weight of the bird, and are usually found on the turkey’s packaging. Both recipes are courtesy of The Wombat. Comment.

Cue the theme music — it’s time for “CSI: DUMBO.” Comment.

Development: Brooklyn’s Avenue of Death and Destruction might just get a little darker. Comment.

Development: Fratelli Ravioli, family pasta business and Brooklyn institution renowned for fresh pastas and homemade sauces, died last week of acute franchise failure. It was 28 years old. Comments (1).

Development: Park Slope’s pampered tykes might soon have one more reason to love life in Brooklyn. FAO Schwarz — toy store and child magnet since 1862 — said this week it might open a satellite shop in the Slope. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: That damn Starbucks still burns at David Walentas. The Starbucks is on the corner of Main Street and Front Street, in the heart of DUMBO. Comment.

Development: Brooklyn architect Robert Scarano is the consummate survivor. Comment.

The poaching of Brooklyn’s wild monk parrots from their perches on neighborhood streets has been ruffling the feathers of bird-lovers for months, and now, the borough’s parrot-owner-in-chief is taking matters into his own … er … talons. Comment.

Downtown plan: A glitzy tower now in the works for Downtown Brooklyn will be even larger than its 400-foot-tall neighbors, thanks to a city subsidy to builders of affordable housing. Comment.

Smartmom: Thanksgiving: that most American of holidays. Pumpkin pie. Football. Divorce. Comments (1).

Atlantic Yards: Racing to give their approval to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development before Gov. George Pataki leaves office Dec. 31, state officials have certified the project’s final environmental impact statement. There must be ten days between the certification and the final approval vote by the Empire State Development Corporation. Comment.

Picture this: it’s Thanksgiving Day and your 15 guests are due to arrive in several hours. You’re hunched over your gourmet cookbook and your turkey. The day speeds effortlessly along, and then, boom! Comment.

Since French composer Darius Milhaud wrote hundreds of works at lightning speed, the bulk of his output is often considered lightweight, lacking in true artistry. Comment.

Reporter and thrill-seeker Matt Power grinned childishly while sitting in a small cafe in Prospect Heights. He probably had that same smile on his face while clutching the handlebars of his motorcycle and rolling 5,000 miles through the Andes, South America’s majestic mountain range. Comment.

To celebrate the recent HBO premiere of "Angel Rodriguez," Jim McKay’s latest examination of race, class and culture in Brooklyn, BAMcinematek is presenting a series of free screenings of the acclaimed Park Slope filmmaker’s borough-set works. Comment.

In 1982, Broadway actor Ben Harney took home the Tony for Best Actor for his performance in "Dreamgirls." This month, he has applied his professional experience - infused with his personal memories - to direct the same show at the Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts in Downtown Brooklyn. Comment.

In "Hits the ’Spot’ " [GO Brooklyn, Oct. 21, 2006] the description of V Spot’s "Boardwalk fudge" was incorrect. The dessert does not come with ice cream, and it is not raw. The restaurant is waiting for its beer and wine license, not a liquor license. V Spot does have smoothies, but does not have fresh-squeezed juices. We regret the errors. Comment.

In 1946, when Europeans were leaving the Old World en masse, 22-year-old journalist Paula Fox sailed from her native New York toward the war-ravaged continent to work as a stringer for a British news service. Comment.