Time and Temperature Sous vide can be a deceptively simple cooking technique that sometimes feels like it’s nothing more than seal and forget it. The secret to using it is understanding how small ...

To develop this simple roast beef recipe, we wanted to respect the techniques and ingredients that made the dish a classic while adapting it to how people cook today. That meant figuring out what type ...

The briskets we cooked at 131℉ ended up being too rare for some testers, any more than 135℉, and the brisket lost that sweet medium-rare spot that makes this recipe special. We also tried a number of ...

Discovering Umami The story starts with a chemist at Tokyo Imperial University named Dr. Kikunae Ikeda, who thought there was a quality in Dashi, a clear stock essential to Japanese cooking, that was ...

Finishing Racks of Lamb There are three good options for finishing a rack of lamb cooked sous vide. The first is searing it on a hot grill for a couple of minutes per side. The advantage of using a ...

Learning how to smoke a whole chicken is a simple way to make chicken with a light smoky flavor, crisp skin, and tender and juicy meat. The best beef to smoke, whether it’s a juicy hunk of brisket, ...

This homemade mushroom, onion, and sage stuffing recipe is an excellent companion for roasted or grilled turkey, chicken, and pork dishes. The best stuffings are all about contrast, the crisp bits ...

Sweet, succulent leg of lamb is one of the world’s great culinary treats. This spit-roasted leg of lamb rotates on a spit to continually baste the lamb as it roasts. One thing worth noting about ...

Understanding what umami is and how to use it can be the key to cooking more delicious food. One of five universal basic tastes, umami is found in ingredients and cuisines throughout the world, and ...

For some of the juiciest, most flavorful burgers you’ve ever had try making blended mushroom and beef burgers. Blended burgers combine beef and mushrooms to create tastier, healthier burgers with a ...

Building Flavors for Delicious Smoked Chicken The secret to making whole chickens tasty is to get under the bird’s skin and season the meat. Building flavors in whole chickens can be a challenge.

The reason the ratio matters so much is because the drink is so simple. The classic ratio cited in most older recipes is 1 part rum to 2 parts coke. A number of more recent writers argue for a ratio ...