The history of Texas barbecue is based on many myths and legends, some more accurate than others. For instance, the legend of German and Czech meat-market owners of the late 1800s cooking meat at the ...

It's all about the beauty of the brisket, as photographed at studio kitchen in Walnut Creek, California, December 9, 2011. (Mark DuFrene/Contra Costa Times/MCT) MCT If you ever doubted the passion ...

This is not a brisket recipe. You can find thousands of those online and in cookbooks, and each of them will give you guidelines as to how to spend a dozen or so hours smoking a fatty hunk of meat.

From Issue Four of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Most Texans believe that barbecue is an expression of meat. That means no sauce, no ...

I took advantage of the cool temperatures recently and indulged my appetite for hearty, slow-roasted food. A beautiful brisket beckoned me from the Costco meat case and grabbed it as if it were a gift ...

Brisket has become an unfortunate joke. Too often, its tough, tasteless and gray. But turning this culinary catastrophe into a winner is quite simple. When guests at my restaurant try my version of ...

Ina Garten has said that brisket is one of her favorite recipes to make around the holidays. I followed her holiday-brisket recipe, which calls for carrots, onions, and tomato juice. I thought the ...

You’re probably tired of hearing me opine about the great St. Louis barbecue “boom” and how barbecue is a discipline, not a trend. I’m certainly tired of writing it. So let me open this week’s column ...