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Surf and Turf Dinner: How to Cook Lobster Tails

It can be well-argued that “surf and turf” represents, at least in the popular mind, the very height of luxury. Steak and shellfish is the basic meaning behind the phrase, and the combination of the choicest beef cuts and the finest shellfish is absolutely one of the most celebratory meals out there. Of course, there…

Rare seared tuna steak

How To Cook Tuna Steak: Thermal Principles For the Other Red Meat

If you’ve read this blog for long, you know we have a great love for steaks. Ribeye, NY strip, picanha…tenderloin filet—we love them all. But sometimes, just sometimes, we feel like we could use a break from steak. And that’s why we’re glad there’s such a thing as tuna steak. If you’ve never had a…

Grilled shrimp with toasted bread

How to Grill Shrimp: Thermal Principles and Key Temperatures

Grilled shrimp is one of the delights of summer. They dress well in fresh, light flavors and don’t weigh you down quite as much as, say, pulled pork, meaning you can garden, hike, or whatever it is you do in the summer, without feeling sluggish. Of course, shrimp do have problems on the grill. You…

Slow roasted cod recipe with temperature tips

Baked Cod With Roasted Peppers: Temperatures You Need to Know

Here at the opening of the year, many people find the motivation to eat more healthily. A season of glut behind them, they feel that a new calendar can help them find the new discipline that they need to follow through on those long-held health goals. But of course, they face one big problem: So…

Pan-Seared Scallops: A How-to With Critical Temperatures

Pan-Seared Scallops: A How-to With Critical Temperatures

There are few dishes you can make so easily that make you look more like a professional chef than pan-seared scallops. They are pure poetry when prepared properly—sweet but briny, tender and yielding meatiness with a crust browned to a butterscotch perfection. To cook sea scallops correctly doesn’t take years of culinary training; it just…