Country Fried Turkey: Country stars will be celebrating Thanksgiving on TV, on tour and at home this week. It will be a New York City Thanksgiving for Reba and Billy Currington, who are part of festivities for the 83rd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Taylor Swift will be featured on NBC-TV’s People Of The Year special and Carrie Underwood will be part of CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (11/26). Sara Evans, Justin Moore, John Rich, Kenny Rogers, Darius Rucker, Wynonna and Chris Young are all on the road for the holiday weekend. For those staying at home, sides rule as stars dish about their Thanksgiving favorites:

• “My favorite would be homemade dressing … cornbread-based dressing that we always have with turkey. That recipe is a combination of my mama’s, and Denise has taken it and perfected it over the years,” — Alan Jackson.
• “I skip the turkey. I skip the ham. I skip all of that for homemade macaroni and cheese,” — Chuck Wicks.
• “We always mix it up … from potato casserole to Angie and her mom have this special green bean recipe that they do. Mashed potatoes are always on the table,” — Troy Gentry (Montgomery Gentry).
• “Chicken and dumplins are my favorite … I just love them. It’s probably the most unhealthiest thing in the world to eat, and I just love it,” — Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry).