The slow cooker has endured years of household neglect. Cooks tend to reject its untapped glory because of the crockpot’s unsophisticated reputation, which is a real shame. Crockpots deserve some ...

Welcome to Never Fail, a semi-regular column where we wax poetic about the recipes that never, ever let us down. This week: the roasted pork shoulder that senior editor Meryl Rothstein just couldn't ...

"In Good Maine Food" (1939) there is an excerpt from a 1775 journal entry in which the author describes "Point Aux Tremble" In the evening before bedtime, the females of the house prepare the dinner ...

I’ve been hosting dinner parties for over ten years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: I don’t really want anyone to see me cook. It was cute and all, at least when I lived in a ...

In his cookbook “Braise” (Ecco, 2006) written with food writer Melissa Clark, chef Daniel Boulud likes to use Guinness in a braise of pork shoulder blended with dried cherries and sweet potatoes. The ...