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Celebrate Labor Day, celebrate local food and drink, celebrate friends and community. There are as many reasons to celebrate as there are festivals this week - what's happening where you live? Nevada: Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off (Sept. 1-6) Florida: Flavor Palm Beach (Sept. 1-30) Pennsylvania: 5th Annual Savor Pittsburgh Benefit (Sept. 2) ...

Epi member avbrown stirred up some debate yesterday by asking whether it's okay to marinate beef and freeze it, then thaw and barbecue it at a later date. Answers on the Kitchen Counsel forum were all over the place. Confited says, ''I think marinating and freezing beef, in particular, causes the surface of the meat to dry out....If the marinade ...

For a basic tailgate all you need is a game, a parking lot, and a group of people with food. But if you want to do it right you'll need to have the hottest gear. Mark your hot dogs with the name of your favorite team and magically unroll a table where you can eat your feast. Keep hot wings hot and icy beers cold. We want you to stand tall while ...

I recently found out that my iron levels are low due to pregnancy, so I'm under doctors' orders to eat red meat twice a week. But with the hot weather we've been having, I just can't stomach a heavy dinner. So I've been trying to come up with light, tasty ways to eat beef, and thought I'd share the recipe for a steak salad I made the other night. ...

Juicy corn on the cob, right from the farm stand: What better way to taste summer? Personally, I only eat it with butter and salt. And I boil it. I know some people say you must add sugar to the water; others say, ''Forget that, you must grill it!'' Today there's a discussion of corn prep in the Epicurious Recipe Swap, started by flyfisherjac, ...

Friends who'd just had a baby wanted us to come over to visit, so we offered to bring barbecue ingredients and cook at their house, to make it easy. We threw burgers, marinated chicken, and hot dogs on the grill, and then watched as the man of the house proceeded to instruct us on basic barbecue technique. ''No, no. Leave the lid down.'' He'd pace ...

Last time I checked (though wouldn't it be great if I came home from the coffee shop my place had grown a new wing?), my apartment had neither a deck nor patio, rooftop garden or grill. It doesn't even have a fire escape I can illegally perch a hibachi upon. Guys, I don't even have a George Foreman, though I'm not sure I feel at a loss about that. ...

Did you forget to order the Chefs Basics BBQ Set Apron or the Hot Sauce of the Month club membership that Joanne Camas wrote about in her Useful Gifts for Dad post? Are you about to hit the mall and frantically snatch up two ties, or run to Sur La Table to pick up a Pit Mitt (pictured)? Instead, head to the farmer's market or supermarket and pick ...

Beef, chicken, and pork are probably the most popular foods cooked on the grill. But what about fish and other seafood on the grill? For anyone who's unsure about how or don't always want to plank, authors Karen Adler and Judith Fertig have yet another cookbook, 25 Essentials: Techniques for Grilling Fish (Harvard Common Press), that should prove ...

There's more to cooking with your grill than just placing your food directly on the grill's grates. Try cooking with a plank, which will result in a more woodsy, aromatic flavor to your foods. Learn how to achieve the subtle changes to flavor with 25 Essentials: Techniques for Planking (Harvard Common Press) by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig. This ...