Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the saltine crackers on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush both sides with melted butter and bake until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and ...

Sparkling wine and Champagne are usually considered a celebratory beverage -- for holidays, birthdays, graduations, a new baby, anniversaries and weddings -- though they are appropriate to drink "just ...

Who eats these things anymore? Hell, you can hardly find anchovies on a Caesar salad. And tins of smoked oysters seemed passe decades ago. But someone must appreciate the metallic, acrid mush of the ...

Instructions: Heat the oven to 425 degrees and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat an 8- by 8-inch baking dish with butter, and set aside. Place the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a ...

At Mister Jiu’s in New York City, chef Brandon Jew serves this delicate-looking, snow-white halibut in a golden broth. But the dish gets soul-deep funk from dried mushrooms, seaweed and fermented ...

Don’t soak the wood chips for this preparation, as you want to produce a lot of smoke in a hurry. Set up your charcoal grill for smoking as described at left. Open vents wide so you have a hot fire, ...