They make them chewy, charred, and perfect at Pizza e Vino.

A smoky take on a crispy-skinned bird.

Grilled Jalapeño-Stuffed Dove Breast Skewers with Bacon

I vacation at a wonderful place with a patio wood burning oven. I’ve done the usual dinner meal- pizza, chicken, calzone... I always feel I’m ‘wasting’ the oven (cooking for only 1 or 2, and only that...

Prosciutto, Basil and Olive Pizza

I believe that the key is to let the wood burn down to coals, and use the coals to cook like charcoal. Open flame is too hard to control and get to cook evenly. An open BBQ pit operates on this principle, shoveling coals from a...

I buy apple wood logs, about 2" thick, at Fred Meyer in Ballard. They are nice and dry and burn wonderfully. For smoking you can soak some in warm water for an hour and then drop them onto burning coals for smoke. Sutter hearth...

Orchards prune the trees after the harvest and would have no reason to have any lying around. They either get burned or mulched. I do get my apple wood from an orchard, just have to get the timing right.

throughout Scotland. New bottlings from Ardbeg, Arran, Macallan (the award-winning Fine Oaks), Glenmorangie (Burgundy Wood Finish) and more, will be featured! Robert Burn’s poem “To a Haggis” will once again be...

, with the mortgage strategically harpooned on top of wood. Find an old wooden birdhouse or look in thrift stores for an old broken doll house, and make it a sculpture. Play The Talking Heads song "Burning Down the House" and...

guys who bring fresh (and self-caught) tuna and salmon (kept on ice all week) and have exclusive sushi nights. Have you ever had pizza delivered from that camp that sets up wood-fired stoves? Me, I always camp with Foodlab, with...

I recommend you not try to cook over flaming wood. Have a separate burn-down fire where you let the wood burn down to glowing coals, then shovel the coals into your cooking pit. You’ll have a much more even heat. Jim

For sure you can use that. If I’m burning any wood as my main fuel it’s dry simply because it burns better. I often trim twigs or suckers, into them into 1/2 lengths and toss them into charcoal for flavour. The green...

Thanks for responses so far. I try to search the web and get some info, but I always appreciate the Chowhounds experience and wisdom. I read that almond wood burns slow and hot. Can you tell I’m a newbie at smoking woods?...

Same thing is true of a bbq pit or a grill that is burning wood. A little smoke goes an incredibly long way. Someone in my neighborhood this winter either rediscovered their fireplace or installed a wood burning stove/furnace. My...