You've swooned over butterscotch pots de crème garnished with smoked sea salt, but have you wondered how the salt ended up with that flavor? It's called cold smoking and it's ridiculously easy to do ...

How do I build an inexpensive cold smoker? You can build a cold smoker using an oil drum for the main smoking chamber. In Oil Drum Handicraft, you can find instructions for how to build a smoker. This ...

The art of cold-smoking: A rewarding method for flavor lovers Cold-smoking salmon might sound like a technique reserved for professionals, but this straightforward recipe proves it’s completely ...

Smoking meat is a wonderful way to enrich its taste. Cold smoking can help you add flavor without cooking the meat (or even to flavor something you can't cook over an open flame). And this cold smoker ...

It's important to not cook fish and other food in temperatures between 75 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit because that's the range ideal for bacterial growth. Though you should fill your cold ...

Some restaurateurs spend thousands on new equipment. Some make do with what they have. While we bundle up to light the grill as soon as we can, Matthew Tropeano, executive chef of Pain D’Avignon ...

Sure, you could build a gorgeous smoker from a 55-gallon drum or a whiskey barrel. But if your DIY project tend to skew more toward simple materials you've already got in your garage, then here's the ...

Smoked salmon, which is prized for its salty, fireside flavor, is often considered a delicacy owing to its relatively high cost. It’s commonly mistaken for lox, another salmon product that’s cured but ...