Monthly Archives: July 2011

How To Grill Corn

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: July 29, 2011

photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

Corn is in and with the hot weather, there's no better way to cook corn than to grill it. People have asked me what's the best way to do it? There are two basic ways, depending on what you're after. Corn today is so sweet and tender, it only needs to be heated through, so your decision is really one about types of heat to use, high direct heat, which will brown the corn giving it a grilled flavor, or low temperature, steamed within its wet husk. I like both and the above corn which we ate after a day at the beach (sigh), used a little of both. I love the appearance because it tells you how it was cooked. If I want a really smoke roasted caramelized flavor, I'd shuck the ...

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Herb Garden & Drying Herbs

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: July 26, 2011

Tarragon, sage, marjoram, oregano, basil, thyme chives/photos by Donna Turner Ruhlman

The herb garden has gone wild from the heat and rain showers. It's bursting with more herbs than I can handle or possibly use. It's like an herb party with too many rowdy guest showing up. So now is exactly the time to start cutting them back and letting them dry for winter cooking. This will both begin the supply of dried herbs and also encourage more growth during the next weeks of summer. Herbs are roughly divided into two categories, "hard" and "soft." The soft herbs are herbs with soft stems, such as parsley and tarragon. The soft herbs are best used fresh; they're fine dried, but they lose their magic, all the beguiling qualities that make them so powerful a la minute. The hard ...

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