But First, What Is Corned Beef? Glad you asked. Corned beef is a cut of beef—most often brisket—that’s been cured, or preserved, with salt. It’s usually seasoned with sugar and other spices (like ...

Beef brisket and corned beef can be related, but they're not the same. The main similarity between them is that they can share the same beginnings — both sourced from the lower chest of the cow — but ...

Corned beef brisket is best known as the dinner du jour for St. Patrick’s Day, but the meal doesn’t have to be reserved solely for the Irish holiday. When prepared in a slow cooker, the meat is ...

Corned beef, simply put, is beef brisket cured and brined with salt and spices before (typically) being boiled. Corned beef and pastrami are similarly prepared but tend to be made of different cuts of ...

St. Patrick’s Day is this week, meaning it’s almost time to don your best green suit, set a leprechaun trap and cook a festive Irish meal. The holiday celebrates the patron saint of Ireland who, ...

A version of this article was originally published March 2, 2022. Have you heard the phrase, “Everyone is a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day?" It pretty much reflects the fact that March 17 each year ...

As soon as it's warm enough to fire up the grill, cookout season has begun. Turn on Wendy Rene's "Bar-B-Q" (the ultimate outdoor cooking song) and dig out that bag of woodchips. It's time to smoke ...

Pastrami is the cured king of the delicatessen with its perfect tenderness and distinct blend of peppery, smoky and tangy flavor that can only be created through a long brining process. Similar to ...

I have always lived among the Irish. I grew up in Boston, a legendary Celtic hub, and settled in Missoula, Montana, 100 miles downstream from America’s most Irish city per capita: Butte. I used to ...