Fat Tuesday Beyond the King Cake
King cake reigns on Fat Tuesday - and the days leading up to it - but there are other traditional indulgences to be had across the country today, as Ash Wednesday looms.
Which Paula Deen Recipe Tops Them All?
Readers: What concoction sums up the lavish Paula Deen style for you?
Twinkie’s Troubles Inspire Some Sweet Memories
The news that Hostess has filed for bankruptcy protection has people talking about Twinkies.
Coming to a Bookstore Near You!
The latest cookbook launches include video promotional trailers.
How Do I Carve the Turkey?
We give you Ray Venezia, the master butcher and head of the meat department at Fairway Market, demonstrating how to carve a turkey in a video from 2007
Where Exactly Is the Thickest Part of the Thigh?
About 18 seconds into Melissa Clark's video on the final stages of roasting the turkey, she points out the thickest part of the thigh, which is where you'll want to stick your thermometer.
How Can I Cook a Buttered Bird at Very High Heat?
After combing our archives for recipes that met those two requirements - high heat and enough butter for slathering - and coming up empty-handed, I posed this question to readers.
How Do I Style Store-Bought Turkey to Make It Look Homemade?
I passed this question to Susan Spungen, the noted food stylist (her credits include the movie "Julie & Julia") and cookbook author. Her latest, a book on easy entertaining, will be published by Artisan Books next year. She writes: Well, I do hope ...
A Turkey ‘Slathered in Butter’
The Dining section asks readers for help.
Google’s Most Wanted Recipes
Google provided The Times with a snapshot of the most popular searches in one week in late March.
Serving Otter, Beaver and ‘God Knows How Many Muskrats’ in the Bronx
Justin Fornal, also known as Baron Ambrosia, held a dinner devoted to the pleasures of eating small woodland creatures on Saturday night.
The Baker’s Apprentice: Devil’s Food Cake
Emily Weinstein tackles a chocolate cake for her last in the series of the Baker's Apprentice, in which she learns how to bake from the cookbook author Dorie Greenspan.
