Here’s the thing: choosing how to prep your turkey sets the tone for the entire meal, and both brining styles bring something different to the table. You might already have a favorite, but once you ...

Believe it or not, you can enjoy a whole-roasted turkey any time of year, and you don't need an assortment of complicated ingredients to amp up the flavor. With this dry-brined "evergreen" roast ...

Knowing how to brine a turkey could save you (and your family!) from years of dry Thanksgiving turkeys to come. Here are our five easy steps to achieve brining magic. Thanksgiving dinner used to be ...

Brining a turkey in advance is one of the best ways to season the meat and keep it juicy and tender. A wet brine involves submerging the raw turkey in a mixture of salt and water with optional ...

Taking on the turkey this year? If you're looking to serve up a juicy, flavorful bird for Thanksgiving, you'll want to brine your turkey in advance. Brine can be either a combination of water, salt ...

The dry brine has several advantages over a wet brine. First, a wet brine requires a 5-gallon food-grade bucket or something equally large to submerge a whole turkey. And you have to keep that big ...

Confession: I sometimes skip adding turkey to my plate on Thanksgiving. I have excellent chefs in my family, but sometimes not even copious amounts of gravy can make up for a crumbly, flavorless bite ...

Thanksgiving is almost here, and you know what that means - family, friends, food and debates, specifically debates about turkey. Now, for years, my colleague Tamara Keith and I have been advocating ...

Since the 1990s, when Cook’s Illustrated started promoting brining, millions of people have gotten hip to the advantages of soaking their holiday bird in salt water — touted as a foolproof way to ...