Some people say that a good cut of meat pretty much cooks itself. Unfortunately, this isn't quite true, and there are plenty of common mistakes that can ruin your filet mignon. The good news is, if ...

Chuck Williams was given this recipe, one of his favorites, by the late Jose Wilson, James Beard's "righthand woman." He notes that it "anticipates how confident we would become by the late 1980s with ...

* In a food processor or blender, combine the pecans, oats, cornmeal and salt. Process to form a medium-coarse meal, with bits of pecan no larger than a grain of rice. Spread the mixture on a flat ...