During this bustling season of festive gatherings and memory-making merriment, it seems wise to enlist experts to help with hosting needs. When serving fare to guests, whether at an elegant sit-down ...

Kat Thompson is the associate editor of Eater at Home, covering home cooking and baking, cookbooks, and kitchen gadgets. Diners in the United States can’t get enough salmon: It’s generally right ...

Q. I would like to smoke salmon fillets on my barbecue grill. What, if anything, do I need to do to the salmon beforehand? Also, how long should it smoke, and over how much heat? What kind of wood ...