For tens of thousands of years, the flavor of smoke has been part of our food. It wasn’t planned, it was simply a by-product of humans cooking over open fires. Although, I’m pretty sure it was a ...

The idea of putting smoke in a bottle is very poetic. It sounds like a metaphor, something akin to sand slipping through your fingers. Yet, bottling smoke is not an idiom nor a lyric from a love song; ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It would be easy to imagine that liquid smoke is an artificial flavor. With a taste that's almost more smoky than smoke, it could fit right ...

Biting into the blackened crust of a slice of fatty brisket, one’s taste buds are inundated with saltiness, a slight peppery spiciness, and, of course, smoke. At at any god-honest barbecue joint, ...

Food origins are often undocumented, and that’s a shame, because they have to be a treasure trove of good stories. Kudos to the first person to crack open and swallow a raw oyster or eat a wild ...

In 2009, the late meat and barbecue loving Josh Ozersky wrote: “Liquid smoke is one of the most revolting substances known to man, and anathema to any real cook.” In certain circles, using the ...