An octopus cooked just right is perfectly tender and flavorful enough to be served on its own or alongside salads, potatoes, or greens. However, cooking octopus isn't always smooth sailing, and not ...

I’ve been a fan of octopus since I lived in Spain, where it is used in several traditional dishes. In Galicia in the Northwestern part of Spain, you’ll find thick tentacles sliced into thin discs and ...

Is it just us or is octopus showing up on everyone’s menu these days? We love an eight-legged cephalopod for dinner and are always looking for a great, easy way to prepare it. It doesn’t get too much ...

Octopus is one of the toughest sea creatures to cook properly. Too much heat and it turns rubbery, too little and it stays ...

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Thaw octopus if necessary, either for 24 hours in refrigerator, or for a few hours in a couple of changes of cold water. With scissors, remove skinny tips of tentacles and, cutting through webbing ...

Oh, to be like a chef, confidently cooking foods to perfection. It seems an elusive dream, but sous vide cooking helps home cooks get chef-level results. Chefs favor the sous vide method, which yields ...

TAMPA, Fla — It's cephalopod. It's a mollusk. It's sometimes used for fish bait. — And it's what's for dinner. We're talking octopus in this week's Chef's Kitchen. "Octopus tastes very similar to ...

The chef Justin Smillie shaves the octopus into long strips for his summer dish at Il Buco Al Mare. By Florence Fabricant Justin Smillie, the executive chef for the Il Buco restaurants in Manhattan ...

The home cook takes a full tray of octopus out of the oven, only to nearly drop the entire thing on the ground. It looks amazing, but as he goes to remove the tray, he nicks the corner of the wall, ...