DENVER -- The money you're saving on gasoline may go toward buying steaks, ribs and chicken for the barbecue. Meat prices are expected to rise faster...

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Whether you use charcoal, wood, electric, propane -- or even dig a hole in your backyard to make an old-fashioned wood-fired grill -- Memorial Day wee...

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The pickleback is an odd trend for the cocktail world. There is no mixing, there are no housemade tinctures, no rarified ingredients. There isn't even any ice.

Mint juleps are delicious drinks, and people drink them quickly. Even the host of the party needs some time to handicap the race, call in some bets, and watch the post parade. The solution is to batch them.

An outdoor grill may seem simple, but it is actually a complex cooking tool, and understanding how it works is crucial to making great food outdoors, and a necessity before handing your credit card to the clerk.

If you cook much, the value of the potted herb is infinite. It taste much better cut directly from the plant. And a small rosemary bush will run you around three dollars.

The trick to beer brownies is in using a dark, malty beer you like that already has some desserty characteristics. You can go a little crazy with the possibilities (imagine coffee porter brownies).

I can report that a basket of salt-encrusted blue crabs is a meal like no other. In heaven, these will be the bar snack, mark my words.

Soft-shell crab season begins, according to lore, with the first full moon of May, which happened to come last Thursday, just in time for Memorial Day...

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Considering that the majority of meals are served buffet style during the summer with the grill in active use, perhaps it's time to use the colors of summer as a launching pad.

These modern cans are lined with a thin wall of plastic that wards off any tinny flavors, while complete opacity keeps light at bay.

The process, which can take 8 to 12 hours or more, is the quintessence of Southern smoke roasting. Lazy, slow, easy, fragrant.

For a smorgasbord of Memorial Day recipes, food, and drink ideas ideas, flip through the slideshow below. You'll find a host of recipes and ideas on a...

Just because spring and early summer vegetables don't all have the vibrancy and flavor characteristic of those later on, with a little torching and some tweaking, they really shine.

Let's play culinary anthropologist and study the menu of the major species of burger.

If you have never savored the rich, tender, beefy (never gamey) flavor of a lamb loin chop, you are missing what I consider to be the best nugget of red meat in the world. Period. Really.

I like to keep things simple and breezy when I host. This means not stressing out with complicated dishes and drinks.