A pork loin roast can be cooked in a low, medium, or high-heat oven until it hits 145°F. As in all oven-roasted meat recipes, the pork benefits from being seasoned ahead of time. In addition to a generous rub of salt on the roast, the optional seasonings are limitless—try a…
Bone-in pork chops are one of our favorite cuts of meat to cook for dinner on a weeknight. They’re quick cooking yet incredibly satisfying, and they play nice with basically any flavor profile you want to throw at them. Following the general rules of pre-seasoning, tempering, using a meat thermometer,…
Pork butt (from the shoulder, not the rear-end) is one of our favorite large cuts of meat to roast because it’s delicious, versatile, and one of the all-time crowd-pleasing MVPs. Because pork butt is marbled with both fat and connective tissue, it needs a long, slow roast in order to…
Boneless, skinless chicken thighs should be in every home cook’s arsenal. Quick-cooking and full of flavor, they’re equally great on the grill or as an ingredient in a soup as they are roasted in the oven. Because they’re boneless and skinless though, these thighs don’t have as much protection from…
If you have a weeknight dinner rotation, roasted skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs should be in the mix. Meaty, rich, juicy, and hard to mess up, roast chicken thighs play well with almost any flavor profile and can be paired with anything from roasted vegetables, a spicy rice dish, pasta –…
Chicken breast is one of the most versatile cuts of the bird; the one caveat is that it’s lean so can be prone to drying out when cooked in a high-heat environment. To prevent dry chicken (ugh), use bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts for roasting. Skin and bones both help protect…
Roast chicken wears a lot of hats. For some people, it’s the ultimate comfort food, made regularly for family dinners and low-key dinner parties. For other cooks, it’s an intimidating rite of passage they feel the need to master. Whole roast chicken should be in every cook’s repertoire because it’s…
Lasagna. The queen of all casseroles. Lasagna is a time-intensive project, there’s no getting around it. But what better way to spend a winter afternoon than making a super-satisfying dish with a festive presentation for a cozy wintry dinner—whether that’s for an easy holiday meal or not. Freeze a few…
Our ongoing mission to eat well without making too much of an effort applies doubly in summer. One of the ways we do that (besides eating snack plates and hot dogs for dinner most nights) is to steal a little time in the kitchen to mix together a couple of…
When it comes to sustainable seafood, the information can be overwhelming. Which species should be avoided, what types of fishing gear are acceptable, is farmed fish okay? It’s a lot to consider—which is why we love wild-caught Alaskan seafood. ButcherBox sources its sockeye salmon from Bristol Bay, Alaska—a pristine region…
You know how it goes in summertime. Sometimes you want nothing more than an afternoon spent loafing in the backyard, beer in hand, poking at the coals, and tending to whatever you’ve thrown on the grill. Other days, you want to be as far away from the cooking process as…
Making pizza at home typically involves blasting your oven as high as it will go—which, in the thick of summer, can be a tough sell. And while homemade pizza is a fun project, it’s even more fun to take the process outside to the grill for some trial, error, and…