Celebrating American thanksgiving in Switzerland: in the '80s, this reporter had a Thanksgiving dinner at a Zurich airport hotel that included 'mints meat pie'--a memorably awful thick piecrust with a thin layer of mint jelly inside. Back then, it was difficult to find a restaurant meal or the necessary ingredients for a home-cooked one on the big day. No longer.

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Celebrating American thanksgiving in Switzerland: in the '80s, this reporter had a Thanksgiving dinner at a Zurich airport hotel that included 'mints meat pie'--a memorably awful thick piecrust with a thin layer of mint jelly inside. Back then, it was difficult to find a restaurant meal or the necessary ingredients for a home-cooked one on the big day. No longer.

Take-away Thanksgiving, anyone? Turkey or goose?

"Enjoy a traditional meal without spending the day in the kitchen!" proclaims the Zurich Marriott's pitch, specifying that if the order is for more than four people they are talking about a whole stuffed bird.

You do need to fetch your bird (and turkey trimmings that include cranberry and orange relish, potatoes, beans, glazed carrots and pumpkin pie), although they sweeten that with a glass of free punch when you get there. But if, come November 26, you'd prefer to tuck into a buffet-style ...

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