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Burgers topped with griddled onions and sliced cheese

How To Make The Perfect Burger

12:49am July 03, 2009

Barbecue chef extraordinaire Adam Perry Lang teaches NPR's David Greene how to grill that ultimate burger. The recipe is complex, but Lang says barbecue novices need not be concerned. The trick, he says, is to get organized and be prepared.

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Recipe: Burgers With Griddled Onions

10:04am July 02, 2009

Burgers with Griddled Onions

'Wicked Plants' Creep Through Brooklyn Gardens

12:20am June 19, 2009

Wicked Plants is a new book documenting the sometimes deadly plant kingdom. Author Amy Stewart writes about illegal, dangerous and toxic species, including oleander and poison sumac. This summer, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden features some of these "evil" plants skulking among its lily ponds and greenhouses.

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'Wicked Plants' Creep Through Brooklyn Gardens

12:20am June 19, 2009

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Recipes: 'The Spice Kitchen'

1:10pm May 26, 2009

In her quirky, globe-trotting book The Spice Kitchen Michal Haines displays a range of culinary endeavor that would dazzle the most jaded spice merchant on the Silk Road.

Recipes: 'Preserved'

12:58pm May 26, 2009

Even if you don't want to salt your own pork, smoke your own duck or preserve your own lemons, that's OK. Preserved, by Nick Sandler and Johnny Acton, is filled with recipes that will work with dried, canned and preserved goods from the store too.

Recipes: 'Tacos'

12:23pm May 26, 2009

In case you were wondering when would be the best time to get beyond the fast-food tacos you grew up with, that time is now.

Recipes: 'Soaked, Slathered, and Seasoned'

12:03pm May 26, 2009

In Soaked, Slathered, and Seasoned, Elizabeth Karmel skips the usual macho seminar on flame-taming and gear, and instead trains her laser-like focus on the real prize: where the flavor comes from.

Lemongrass and Sweet Corn Soup with Creme Fraiche

Recipes: 'The Modern Vegetarian'

11:49am May 26, 2009

There's something sweetly avant-garde about the recipes in Maria Elia's The Modern Vegetarian, a book that loves its grains and vegetables for their own sake, not for their ability to masquerade as meat or camouflage its absence.

Recipes: 'Vefa's Kitchen'

11:09am May 26, 2009

So many of the elements of the Greek kitchen are well known, yet for one reason or another they don't add up to something we turn to night after night. Maybe that's because there hasn't been a basic, here's-how-we-do-it Greek Joy of Cooking — until now.