Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...

Many people are intimidated to cook duck and would much sooner choose to roast a chicken than attempt it. The meat is darker, can dry out quickly, and become tough, it needs to be cooked to the right ...

Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...

There are as many ways to roast a duck as there are to stuff a mushroom, even if life is too short to do the latter. Raymond Blanc, in his fussy, mannered French way, insists that if you roast a whole ...

Dinner parties aren’t real, of course. In the fantasia of adult domestic life, they’re right up there with a romantic meet-cute at the ice rink, or finding an under-market apartment worthy of a Nancy ...

Prepared with exceptionally plump birds and a powerful spice blend, this duck is an especially timely dish for some Hoosiers.