Freeze-Dried Guanciale and Squid Ink Bar Codes

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

Down-Home Prosciutto

The country ham is our native prosciutto or serrano, though most Southerners wouldn’t dream of throwing an uncooked leg on a deli slicer and shaving some to go with the asparagus. Most Northerners, meanwhile, have never heard of...

To See a World in a Grain of Dry Ice

Does Chef Heston Blumenthal really find perfection?

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007.

Dinner Parties on the (Ultra) Cheap

Three multicourse bashes for eight.

A Cheese Primer

CHOW’s guide to the major cheese types.

HI ALL,I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN DO THE BRINE THING,THEN INJECT TO ROAST MY BIRD?THANKS

Hello! I just moved to DC from Boston. In Boston’s North End there is a dessert place that sells ice cream injected cupcakes and cannollis and I was wondering if there was a place like that here in DC. Any suggestions?...

I was planning on using Alton Brown’s turkey recipe this year which includes brining and then roasting. I moved my turkey today from the freezer to the fridge to defrost for a few days and noticed it is injected with a salt...

Is there anybody out there? I know it’s late, but I just looked at the wrapping on my frozen (now thawed) turkey. It was injected with a solution of broth, salt,etc. I missed that part. I had everything ready for the brine...

Okay, I’ve just ordered an Eastman Outdoor Stainless Steel turkey fryer for one of our Thanksgiving turkeys. In doing some research, I find I will have to inject a marinade. Well, there are a lot of 'em out there, so...

, really pleasant next to the ice cream, which doesn’t melt too much at the cake-cream interface. The hardened bits of topping add a nice textural element. Two of these in a styrofoam container are $2.79. The Bust-Outs are...

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Twinkie Filling

I am going to deep-fry a turkey for the first time this Thanksgiving, and have been reading up on the best way to prepare the bird. I have seen many recommendations for brining, injecting, and rubbing, but when I look at...

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White Lotus Vodka and Alouette Berries & Cream Spreadable Cheese

This week’s mission: a spirit that’s supposed to prevent hangovers, and middlebrow holiday cheese.