TIP OF THE DAY: Cooking A Ham

Don’t overheat your ham! Photo courtesy Snake River Farms.   Cured hams come fully cooked, but need to be heated (that is, if you want your meat to be warm or hot). Micheale Muse, culinary expert for Snake River Farms, producers of “the world’s best” Kurobuta hams, shares this advice: USE MODERATE HEAT. To ensure…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cooking With Alcohol (Spray On The Booze)

This mini spray bottle is a good size to fill with spirits. It’s available online. Photo courtesy Tolco.   Last week we published a ham crust recipe in which Alton Brown demonstrated one of the secret ingredients: spraying the crust with Bourbon! We asked our consulting chef, Johnny Gnall, to consider how the spray-on booze…
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RECIPE: Beer Battered Grilled Cheese & Bacon Sandwich

Betty Crocker Kitchen has announced the winner in its second annual Betty Bracket. This showdown of 16 sweet and savory beer party food recipes competed to be served at the College Football Playoff National Championships. America has spoken: Beer Battered Grilled Cheese Sandwich was the winner. You can enjoy it during the national championship game,…
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