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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A couple of tips when using a glaze are to give it some time to set in-between coats. For our Maple Bourbon Glazed Ham recipe, we recommend letting the glaze set for 10 to 15 minutes between coats; ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two Hour Chop The 2-hour chop had a more supple appearance and texture; it both looked and tasted juicy. It has a sublime mouthfeel and tenderness that make this our go-to time. Four Hour Chop The ...

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 ...

Tips for a Better Korean BBQ Marinade A couple of tips when using this marinade. Try and make sure to let whatever you’re marinating sit in the sauce for at least an hour, we often let things marinate ...

The following section briefly describes the most common types of beef roasts. To make it easy to pick one out or to adapt recipes from one to another, we have included which part of the animal they ...