Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A goal of the Thanksgiving host is to deliver a beautifully cooked turkey with golden-brown crisp skin and juicy meat. Achieving ...

Knowing how to brine a turkey could save you (and your family!) from years of dry Thanksgiving turkeys to come. Here are our five easy steps to achieve brining magic. Thanksgiving dinner used to be ...

Dear Thanksgiving cooks of America: On behalf of food writers everywhere, I apologize. For nearly two decades now, many of us have suggested that you plunge your turkey into a bucket of flavored ...

FROM THE TIMES ARCHIVES — If someone told you to go soak your bird, you might take offense. But it could be the best cooking advice you’ve ever gotten. Brining--essentially soaking meat or poultry in ...

Every year, about the time little children rush home from school to tell their parents that the Pilgrims were repressive Eurocentric fundamentalists with guns, I receive piteous pleas from readers ...

Brining is a popular method to help add flavor and maintain moisture in your whole turkey and it is mostly used around Thanksgiving, but Chef Bobby Flay says brining turkey breast meat you put in the ...

Brining is similar to marinating, but is primarily focused on moistening the meat as opposed to adding flavor. Brining your Thanksgiving turkey prior to cooking will help ensure you end up with a ...

Confession: I sometimes skip adding turkey to my plate on Thanksgiving. I have excellent chefs in my family, but sometimes not even copious amounts of gravy can make up for a crumbly, flavorless bite ...

In my paean to pork a few weeks ago, I made a throwaway reference to brining. Judging from the e-mails that came in asking for more details -- Just how much salt? Exactly how long? And what about ...