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Cook Like a Man: Perfect “The Pinch”

September 10, 2009

Salt has more power to affect flavor than anything else we put in or on our food, so learn to salt — and taste — your food early and often.

Cook Like a Man: Insist on Fresh Fish

September 10, 2009

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Seek uniform cuts at least an inch and a half thick whenever buying fillets from larger fish (halibut, striper, grouper).

Cook Like a Man: Double the Butter

September 10, 2009

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Too many of today’s cookbooks — afraid they’ll scare us away — understate the amount of butter you need to make a dish truly work.

Cook Like a Man: Buy Dirty Vegetables

September 10, 2009

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These days, fresh is way more important than organic, so buy vegetables that look like they are still attached to the earth.

Cook Like a Man: Use Your Hands

September 10, 2009

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If you’re paying attention to what you’re doing — and you should be — the food will teach you about itself, but you have to use your hands.

Cook like a Man: Slow Down

September 10, 2009

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You can’t — and shouldn’t — cook everything at once.

Cook Like a Man: Braise Your Meat

September 10, 2009

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There are few dishes as evocative of what makes a meal memorable as a roasted piece of meat. Too bad, because the only cuts that roast well are the most expensive and least imaginative ones.

Cook Like a Man: Get Religion

September 10, 2009

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The first thing you need to understand is that your kitchen is a workshop, and all good workshops have a standard operating procedure.

Your Perfect Weekend September 11-13

September 10, 2009

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Football kicks off this weekend, but that's no reason to stay glued to the couch. Take advantage of the dwindling days of good weather with an early start to Oktoberfest in Vail, a massive hot-air balloon race in Reno, or cycling festival in Folsom.

How To Cook Like A Man

September 8, 2009

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Cooking is messy, complex, and a huge time suck — and that is as it should be. But learning a few fundamentals will make you a force in the kitchen.

Your Dog: A User’s Manual

September 4, 2009

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He’s man’s best friend one day, the reason you need to buy a new sofa the next. That’s why we found a few experts (and one opinionated dog) who know what’s going on inside that seemingly simple brain of his — and how to use it to your advantage.

Your Perfect Weekend September 4-6

September 3, 2009

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Labor Day weekend is summer's last hurrah, so spend yours kayaking under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fran, getting Jazzy in Chi Town, or beachin' it at a surf festival on Cocoa Beach.

Making Men

September 2, 2009

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When it comes to survival, the boys in Houston's dire Third Ward don't have many factors in their favor. But what they do have is a fiery ex-NFL star by the name of Roynell Young. And that just may be enough.