Writings

Expert advice on how to talk to your butcher, what cut of beef to select, how to grind it, and whether you should dare consider freezing ground beef.

Jonathan Gold, the only Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer, recently passed away. Renee Schettler Rossi, who edited several of his articles, remembers what made him great.

Quahogs, or ginormous clams, take center stage in this clear chowder. No tomatoes, no cream, no other ingredients that could sully the saline loveliness of clams, salt pork, potatoes, and onions.

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Grace Young divulges a tipsy Chinese New Year Tradition that she has no intention of changing.

For some, this time of year is all about resolutions. For others, it’s all about traditions and superstitions.

With our printable gift tags, you can gussy up any giftable edible or drinkable with style, class, and, we daresay, panache.

Nothing can halt Thanksgiving dinner–not rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor even a bird that’s still frozen hours before you intend to say grace.

You know the rule: one pound of turkey per guest. But when your back-of-the-envelope calculations say you need a behemoth bird that the laws of physics say won’t fit in the oven, what to do? We have answers.

The pop-up timer popped. The skin’s burnished. The drumstick jiggles. Yet when you commence carving, you still see oodles of pink. Here’s how not to let that happen.

The bird may be done–whew!–but your work isn’t. Here, foolproof tactics on how the heck to heft a sweaty hen from roasting pan to carving board without–oops!–incident.

Thanksgiving is easily the most denial-inducing menu you’ll contend with all year. But deal you must. Here, advice on how to elude oven overload.

Offers of help aren’t always that helpful. We’ve got tricks to tuck up your sleeve for keeping pesky, well-intentioned, do-gooder guests out of your way.

Here’s how to make Thanksgiving dinner as Rockwell-ian as possible—well, the turkey carving part, anyways.

The fundamental notion behind Día de los Muertos is that the dead would be offended by being remembered with sadness. And we quite like this life-affirming approach to.