When buying ducks, ask your butcher for Pekin or a Pekin hybrid like the Mulard. Most likely the ducks will be sold frozen, so prepare ahead and leave at least one day for it to thaw in the ...

The initial idea was breathtaking: We had grandiose visions of under-appreciated birds being cajoled up other under-appreciated birds’ back ends. We called it the Gooduckail: A quail, stuffed into a ...

Bruce Aidells' easy standing rib roast beef is the perfect centerpiece for your holiday meal. An adaptation of the classic ...

Using a pestle and mortar, roughly grind the peppercorns. Finely grate in the zest of the clementines, add 3/4tsp fine salt ...

Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...

Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...

What to cook this weekend: chicken with couscous, dates and buttered almonds; easy roast duck; and a heavy pot of Boston baked beans. By Sam Sifton Good morning. I’m going hard on the fats and ...