The traditional methodology for making turkey gravy is a cruel hoax. Household cooks have been led to believe that somehow, in the time it takes to rest your beautifully roasted bird, you will be able to deglaze the roasting pan and magically turn that greasy schmutz into good gravy. But that’s just not reality. First off, a roasted turkey does not generate nearly enough schmutz to make enough gravy for your thanksgiving table, let alone the leftovers. Secondly, there are a m

On the west coast cheesecake, even New York style, is made with a graham cracker crust opposed to the traditional east coasters that use a cake layer as a crust. A great cheesecake is dense and impossibly creamy. It’s almost like eating ice cream. Cheesecakes are not terribly sweet, but they need a dab of sour cream or a kiss of fresh lemon juice to cut the richness.

For reasons I cannot comprehend, pizzerias and chicken wings became inextricably linked in the mid-sixties and to this day Howie’s Artisan Pizza and every pizza joint in North America is expected to sell them.

For the next version of my Panzanella, I took note of the quantity of tomato that was able to hold my interest in the first outing, roughly 6-8 mouthfuls and added to that an equal part of that killer toasted bread.

A fine, from-scratch cornbread, hot from the oven is the best example of traditional American cooking that I know. Skillet cornbread harkens back to a simpler time in America, a time long before Pop Tarts, Impossible Burgers and Instapots. In the days when a hot breakfast was an important part of every day, and families still gathered routinely at the table, any household cook worth their salt could throw together a hearty cornbread, buttery biscuit or flaky piecrust...

In our July Recipe of the Month, we will depart from our usual format and challenge you, dear reader, to test the limits of your culinary prowess. I offer a well-considered collection of tips, tricks, recipes, photographs and strategic advice, all useful in the preparation of “Weber-Weber Chicken Dinner.”