Need some help through the holidays?

These national cooking lines serve up everything from tips on turkeys to baking better bread.

American Diabetic Association’s Consumer Nutrition Information Hotline: 800-366-1655, www.eatright.org; 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.

Betty Crocker/General Mills: 888-275-2388; 5:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 800-288-8372, www.butterball.com; 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 through Dec. 25; 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, throughout the year.

Center for Food Safety &Applied Nutrition: 888-723-3366, www.cfsan.fda.gov.

Empire Kosher: 800-367-4734; 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 a.m. to noon Friday. Closed on Jewish and secular holidays.

Fleischmann’s Yeast Baker’s Help Line: 800-777-4959; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Foster Farms: 800-255-7227; 24 hours daily through Dec. 2; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays throughout the year.

Honeysuckle White Turkey Line: 800-810-6325, recorded answers to frequently asked turkey preparation questions.

Jennie-O Turkey Hotline: 800-887-5397; 24 hours daily through Jan. 1.

Land O’Lakes Holiday Bakeline: 800-782-9606; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Dec. 24.

Nestle Toll House Baking Information Line: 800-637-8537, www.verybestbaking.com; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.

Ocean Spray: 800-662-3263; 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays, closed Christmas and New Year’s Day, open Thanksgiving Day.

Perdue Chicken: 800-473-7383; 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 and 25, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 26, 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays throughout the year.

Reynolds Turkey Tips Line: 800-745-4000, www.reynoldskitchens.com; 24 hours daily through Dec. 31.

Rhodes Bake-N-Serve Toll-Free Bake Line: 800-876-7333; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 26, 5 a.m. to noon Thanksgiving Day and Nov. 28, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Christmas Day, 5 a.m. to noon Dec. 26; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays throughout the year.

Shady Brook Farms Dial-A-Chef: 888-723-4468; 24 hours daily, through Jan. 1.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry hotline: 888-674-6854, www.fsis.usda.gov. Hours: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays, 5 to 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.

Tanya Sampson, Herald Writer