Thanksgiving Pick-Me-Up

You can play holiday host without spending hours in the kitchen. There is an ever-growing range of Thanksgiving to-go options that allow you to cook everything but the bird, to cook only a turkey and pick up the rest of the sides or to let someone else do all the cooking. Choose a favorite restaurant, a respected hotel or your neighborhood grocery store.

Remember, if you pick up the meal the night before Thanksgiving, you may need to cook the turkey for a couple of hours, and you will probably need to warm things up.

* Bristol Farms offers an a la carte menu. Whole cooked turkeys are $3.99 a pound and range from 9 to 18 pounds. Spiral sliced ham is $6.29 a pound and leg of lamb is $9.99 a pound. Three types of stuffing are available, priced from $4.49 to $4.99 a pound. Three potato options are available ranging from $3.99 to $4.49 a pound. There is an assortment of vegetables from which to choose, priced from $3.99 to $7.99 a pound. Two kinds of cranberry sauce, applesauce and gravy are also available, priced from $3.99 to $4.99 a pound.

Order by Sunday. Pick up next Wednesday before 9 p.m. Locations in Long Beach, Westlake Village, Newport Beach, Manhattan Beach, South Pasadena, Rolling Hills Estates and Mission Viejo. To order, or to find the location nearest you, call (888) 726-7271.

* Century Plaza Hotel and Tower offers “Turkey to Go.” Dinner includes an 18- to 20-pound turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, garden vegetables, cranberry relish and gravy. This feeds eight to 10 people and costs $80. Apple, pumpkin and pecan pies and pumpkin cheesecakes are available for $12 each.

Orders by next Wednesday and pick up on Thanksgiving Day between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. 2025 Ave. of the Stars, Century City. (310) 551-3334.

* Engine Company No. 28’s Thanksgiving starts with roasted butternut squash soup. Next are roasted fresh free-range turkey, corn bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, roasted root vegetables, sauteed blue lake beans, candied yams and your choice of pumpkin pie, pecan pie, pumpkin cheesecake or steamed persimmon pudding. This serves six to eight and costs $145.

Order by Tuesday and pick up next Wednesday before 8 p.m. 644 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles. (213) 624-6996.

* Gelson’s Markets offers both complete meals and a la carte selections. A complete dinner for eight is $79.99 and includes turkey, baked mashed potatoes, gravy, gingered yam souffle, cranberry corn bread stuffing, vegetables, cranberry sauce and rolls. The same meal for 12 is $99.99. Prime rib dinners and goose dinners are also available. Whole roasted turkeys are $3.79 a pound, and side dishes range from $3.99 to $6.99 a pound.

Order by Monday and pick up on Thanksgiving Day between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Available at all Gelson’s locations.

* Granita, Wolfgang Puck’s Malibu restaurant, offers Thanksgiving trimmings--but not the bird--to go. For $16 per person, the trimmings include wild mushroom stuffing, roasted vegetables, potato puree with roasted garlic, maple-glazed sweet potato puree, cranberry “agrodolce,” horseradish apple sauce and assorted breads and muffins. Pumpkin squash soup is $24 per quart, fresh herb gravy is $16 per quart and pumpkin pie and other desserts are $28 each.

Order by 6 p.m Monday and pick up next Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Delivery available Wednesday for an additional $25. 23725 W. Malibu Road, Malibu. (310) 456-0488.

* Gustaf Anders offers several menu choices. For $39 per person you get your choice of appetizers (including oysters, smoked wild boar ham and gravlax), celery root soup, Caesar salad and either traditional roast turkey, venison or poached salmon. Ask about dessert choices when you call. Order by next Wednesday and pick up on Thanksgiving Day between 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. by arrangement at time of ordering.

Gustaf Anders, 3851 Bear St., South Coast Plaza Village, Santa Ana. (714) 668-1737.

* Joan’s on Third has an a la carte menu to take home. Two soups are available for $12 a quart. Whole turkeys are $4 per pound. Vegetable and side dishes range from $7 to $10 a pound and gravy is $12 a quart. Assorted pies that serve eight cost $22 to $30, pear and apple cobbler that serves 12 is $35 and individual chocolate-walnut tarts are $5.

Order by noon Monday and pick up next Wednesday during regular business hours or by 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. 8350 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles. (323) 655-2285.

* Johnny Rebs’ offers smoked turkey feasts in two sizes. Each comes with a smoked turkey, sage and mushroom dressing, gravy, cranberry relish, mashed potatoes and dinner rolls. The smaller feast is $49.95, serves four to eight and comes with one pie. The larger is $69.95, serves 10 to 12 and comes with two pies. For $27.95, you can get just the bird.

Order by Monday and pick up next Wednesday between 2 and 8 p.m. 4633 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach. (562) 423-7327. 16639 Bellflower Blvd., Bellflower, (562) 866-6455.

* Koo Koo Roo offers small and large feasts. Each comes with hand-mashed russet potatoes, stuffing, gravy and cranberry relish. The smaller comes with a 14- to 16-pound turkey, feeds 12 and is $79.99. The large comes with a 26- to 28-pound turkey, serves 20 and is $139.99.

Order by next Wednesday; when ordering schedule a Thanksgiving Day pick up between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Available at select Koo Koo Roo stores. For information call (310) 479-2080.

* Locanda del Lago sells roast free-range turkey with chestnut and sausage dressing as well as several side dishes for $12 per person. Order by next Wednesday and pick up on Thanksgiving Day after 10 a.m.

Locanda del Lago, 231 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 451-3525.

* Marie Callender’s turkey dinner includes stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, candied yams, cranberry sauce, corn bread and your choice of apple or pumpkin pie and costs $49.95. Its ham feast includes pineapple sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, yams, corn bread and your choice of apple or pumpkin pie and is $59.95.

Order by Monday and pick up before noon on Thanksgiving Day. Available at all Marie Callender’s locations.

* Pascal Epicerie offers a menu for up to eight people for $95 and a menu for up to 14 people for $135. Both include roast turkey, home-style apple, walnut and sausage stuffing plus other side dishes (the difference is the size of the turkey, 14 to 16 pounds for the smaller, 20 to 22 pounds for the larger). Extra side dishes and desserts are available separately. Order by noon next Wednesday and pick up before 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Pascal Epicerie, 1000 N. Bristol St., Newport Beach. (949) 261-9041.

* Ralphs supermarkets offer complete ham, turkey and prime rib dinners. The ham dinner for six to eight people is $45.99 and comes with scalloped potatoes, gratin of vegetables and rice, cranberry sauce, carrot pudding and dinner rolls. The turkey dinner for eight to 10 is $39.99 and comes with stuffing, baked yams, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy and dinner rolls. The prime rib dinner for eight to 10 people is $59.99 and comes with scalloped potatoes, carrot pudding, horseradish, a lattice-crust pie and dinner rolls.

Order at least 48 hours in advance. Pick-up times on Thanksgiving Day vary at store locations. Available at all Ralphs markets.

* The Regal Biltmore Hotel’s Thanksgiving dinner includes stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, corn bread and pumpkin pie. With a 10-pound turkey the cost is $75. With a 20-pound bird, the cost is $95.

Order before 5:30 p.m. Monday and pick up next Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. or on Thanksgiving Day between 9 and 11 a.m. 506 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. (213) 612-1561 is the special holiday order hotline.

* The Ritz Carlton, Marina del Rey offers a complete meal to go that feeds six to eight and includes a 10- to 12-pound turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, root vegetables, green beans, mixed green salad, cranberry sauce and a pumpkin pie. Cost is $110.

Order by Tuesday and pick up after 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. 4375 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-1700, ext. 5121.

* 72 Market Street offers complete dinners and a la carte selections. Dinners include stuffing, gravy, orange-cranberry relish and pumpkin pie. With a 10- to 12-pound turkey that serves 10, the complete dinner is $129.50. With a 20- to 22-pound turkey to serve 16, the cost is $149.50. Side orders and other vegetables are available, starting at $6.10 per pound. Additional pumpkin pies are $14.

Order by Tuesday; pick up on Thanksgiving Day between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 72 Market St., Venice. (310) 392-8720.

* Urban Epicuria features a 10- to 12-pound rotisserie turkey, cranberry sauce, traditional stuffing or saffron-potato stuffing, blue lake string beans, candied yams and an apple or pumpkin pie. The meal is $125 and feeds four to six. Additional food is available a la carte.

Order by this Thursday, subject to availability. Pick up on Thanksgiving Day between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. 8315 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. (323) 848-8411.

* Wild Oats Market offers a complete meal to serves six for $59.99. A 9- to 12-pound turkey or 6-pound vegan nut loaf comes with turkey or vegan mushroom-almond gravy, traditional bread or wild rice stuffing, cranberry sauce or orange-pecan relish and root vegetables with corn dressing or sugar- or fruit juice-sweetened pumpkin pie. The market offers the option of ordering just the turkey for $3.89 per pound and all of the other meal components plus additional vegetable offerings for $3.99 to $7.99 per pound.

Order by Monday, or while supplies last, and pick up on Thanksgiving Day (pick-up times vary according to location.) Available at Wild Oats Markets in Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and West Los Angeles.

* Zov’s Bistro is offering two kinds of Thanksgiving feast. The menus are the same, but one is a low-fat version. Both meals feed up to 15 people and include roasted free-range turkey stuffed with leeks and mushrooms, maple-glazed sweet potatoes with oranges and cranberries and apple pie. Price is $250. Order by Thursday and pick up next Wednesday between 3 and 8 p.m.

Zov’s Bistro, 17440 East 17th St., Tustin. (714) 838-8855, Ext. 3.