You can be endlessly inventive with vegetable stacks, discovering your own favorite combinations. You want to cut the vegetables about 1/2 inch thick, and then layer twice—any higher than that and your stack is likely to topple.
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Mark Bittman’s Spatchcocked Chicken with Garlic, Parsley, and Orange
Remove the backbone from a whole bird and it will lie flat, instantly doubling the surface area—and the flavor and crisping potential. This easy technique is called spatchcocking or butterflying. I almost always do chicken like this now, and it’s also perfect for turkey and small birds like pheasants and guinea hens.
Asian Grilled Chicken Fajitas with Cucumber Salsa
What a treat these were during our recent visit to Newman’s Own in Westport, CT. If you’re not a fan of wasabi in the salsa, feel free to skip it.
Tips & Tricks for Perfect Pork Chops
Who doesn’t love a juicy pork chop? But, modern pork could use a little help. Here, Faith and the gang offer up tips and tricks for making ho-hum pork chops absolutely fabulous—on the grill or on the stovetop.
Weber’s Greatest Hits by Jamie Purviance is a Hit
It makes sense that the makers behind America’s most popular grill would produce a cookbook filled with classic recipes that grillers of all skill levels could make. In this book, master griller—and all-around nice guy—Jamie Purviance is your guide to all things grilled and delicious.
Hickory-Smoked Beer Can Chicken
Put a classic on the grill for Father’s Day: Beer can chicken. In this recipe, the beer steams while the chicken roasts and absorbs aromatic smoke.
