“We can learn to be cooks but we must be born knowing how to roast.” -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin as quoted in Jeffrey Steingarten’s “As the Spit Turns” in It Must Have Been Something I Ate (Knopf). “Some people roast a chicken and then peel off and discard the skin. What is the point? If you [...]
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Cooking Entirely Without Gas
In April and early May warm weather comes as a welcome surprise and home cooks rush outside for the season’s first session with their long-neglected Webers. By the end of November most are driven inside to the comfort of oven-heated kitchens but for those willing to brave the chill, outdoor cooking at this time of [...]
