Just about every night this time of year, the most seductive smell breezes into my apartment like a taunt. Somewhere some neighbor has fired up a hardwood grill for dinner while I’m trapped with ...

1. Add all the ingredients into a small pot and bring to a boil. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. 2. Reduce to simmer and continue to stir until smooth and consistency resembles jam. Remove from ...

It’s not the sort of meal you make and serve with a casual shrug: Preparing a whole duck for dinner is an occasion — and a gesture of generosity and serious sentiment.

Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Hold the duck by the neck and very quickly dunk the bird into the boiling water once or twice until the skin tightens. (Do not let the meat start to cook.) Allow the ...

In 1993 Virginia chef Craig Hartman asked his supplier for "baby greens," and was given tiny lettuce that he used in a salad. By coincidence, a restaurant magazine writer was in attendance, and an ...

Like other kinds of poultry, meat and fish, duck can be cured and cold-smoked, or hot-smoked. Cold smoking involves pumping flavoring smoke into a compartment that’s kept at approximately the same ...