Smoked pork hocks (also known as smoked ham hocks) are cured and brined, then slow-cooked to perfection. They deliver tender, ...

Corned beef, which makes an appearance on many St. Patrick’s Day tables, isn't the only food to which “corning,” or ...

Corned beef, which makes an appearance on many St. Patrick’s Day tables, isn’t the only food to which “corning,” or ...

After setting the meat-and-brine bag in the fridge, the hard part is over. “Corned beef is really a set-it-and-forget-it ...

Corned beef, which makes an appearance on many St. Patrick’s Day tables, isn’t the only food to which “corning,” or ...

While both kosher salt and sea salt enhance flavor, their differences come down to origin, texture and use. Kosher salt is sourced from underground salt deposits and has large, uniform, coarse flakes ...

A research team is using salts that control the desired reaction via halogen bonds. Going forward, the salts can be adapted to different reactions as a modular system. There are certain molecules ...

While hydration is an exothermic process, it is also highly temperature-sensitive. Optimal curing occurs between 10 °C and 25 °C. When temperatures fall below this range, reaction rates slow, delaying ...