Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. To prepare the duck, remove the giblets, neck, and liver from the body cavity. Discard any fat that can be readily removed. Wash the duck, pat dry, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Duck is one of my favorite foods. No matter how you make it — roasted, braised, the legs confitted, the wings fried, the breasts grilled like a steak — it’s ...

Now in my 25th year as a food writer, I've decided it's time to face a phobia. I have no trepidation about butchering meat, cleaning squid or gutting fresh fish, but the prospect of roasting a whole ...

The prospect of roasting a duck strikes many a home cook as a mountain too high, but I’m not sure why. It’s definitely no more complicated than cooking a whole turkey, and I think it tastes far better ...

In this video, I take on the challenge of barbecuing a whole duck, inspired by Chuds BBQ. Duck isn’t your typical BBQ protein ...

For something so small and simple, a wild duck breast is too often tragically disrespected on plates at duck camps and around the family dinner table. Words such as “greasy” and “tough” or ...

The duck gets the spectacular treatment laid out by chef Marcus Samuelsson in his “Aquavit” cookbook, including a night marinating in strong coffee laced with shards of cinnamon sticks and green ...

Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...