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; ...

There’s nothing that quite captures the taste of summer like starting up the BBQ. But how do you get smoky flavor without the grill? Liquid smoke, of course. (What is liquid smoke, anyway?) While this ...

If you don't have a grill but want that flame-grilled taste, then give this expert's technique a try the next time you're ...

Richard Turner of Hawksmoor fame once called it "the lowest form of flavouring", adding that "no decent cook, chef or backyard barbecuer should ever consider using it." Yianni Papoutsis from ...

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 ...

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 ...