Universal Meat Chopper

Better living through sausage-ry.

How Can Someone Be Allergic to Meat?

Meat allergies— which are rare— start in the blood.

Do Vegetarians Lose the Ability to Digest Meat?

Or is that an urban myth?

Can You Really Seal the Juices into Meat?

Lock up that steak and throw away the key.

Why Should I Let My Meat Rest?

It’s cooked already. Can’t I eat it?

Hamburgers and Sausages from Scratch

The best home meat grinders.

Winter 2006 Gift Guide

Give like you’ve never given before.

Filet of Petri Dish

The same technologies scientists use to grow human tissue in a lab may one day be used to grow animal tissue to feed the world.

How Does Plastic Wrap Cling?

It’s got that special stick-to-it-ive-ness.

Is It Better to Salt Intermittently While Cooking or Just Once?

There’s more than one way to go.

Your Dog, the Gourmet

If your dog has such a great sense of smell, why is he eating your old socks?

Got Goiter?

Americans are eating more fancy salt— like kosher salt, sea salt, and fleur de sel — that don’t contain iodine, and less table salt, like Morton’s, which is typically fortified with iodine.

Steppin' Up Your Cheese Game

This week’s mission: frozen diet dinners featuring fruit, and classy cheese vehicles.

Vietnamese Building Blocks

Stepping "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen."

College Cooks Gone Wild!

Crème brûlée in the microwave and other desperate dorm-room tricks.