Magazine / Seasonal Kitchen

150 Butchers’ Secrets

Six savory recipes—including six-spice hanger steak and grilled skirt steaks with tomatillos two ways—that give you a whole lot of bang for your buck.

Recipes by Ian Knauer

Photographs by Romulo Yanes

Magazine / Kitchen Notebook
178 You’ve heard all about Eve, but what about charlottes? … hey, why is this apple tart upside down? … getting to know your cuts of beef (and all their aliases).
Magazine / The Last Touch

190 Pep Talk

From frozen yogurt to tuna steak, black peppercorns can jazz up any dish.

Recipes by Ian Knauer

Magazine / Good Living

34 Fresh

The food is good, but how’s the menu? … they’re serious about sushi in San Francisco … community supported pies.
Magazine / Cooking

60 A Taste of October

The pupu platter has been transformed into a 21st-century classic. Really, it has.
Recipes begin on page 60

60 It Ain’t Necessarily So

Alcohol burns off during cooking. Fact or fiction?

62 Cookbook of the Month

The Art and Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet. Plus a recipe for pumpkin walnut bread.
Magazine / Restaurants

36 Steaking a Claim to the Best BBQ

A cameo in the movie Sideways may have made the Hitching Post II a household name, but the real star here is the sirloin.

By Colman Andrews

42 A Restaurant That’s Really This Good

Is Alinea truly the best restaurant in America? The shock and awe on diners’ faces seem to say it all.

By Francis Lam

48 Roadfood

These 11 joints were already on the map when Gourmet debuted in 1941—and they’re still worth a detour today.

By Jane and Michael Stern

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