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Roasting a chicken is a skill most new cooks want to master. Nothing quite tops a juicy piece of meat shielded under a skin that has been cooked until it is golden brown and crispy. Many factors can ...

There are many ways to roast a chicken, and we determined the absolute best. Spatchcocking and roasting a chicken is the best method, yielding the crispiest skin and evenly cooked, juicy meat.

When you're making rotisserie chicken, trussing is an important step that involves tying the legs and wings of the chicken close to its body. You might already know that the best kind of twine for ...

1. Trussing poultry before roasting it gives the bird a neater shape for serving at the table and ensures an even roast. 2. Make sure the wings are opened out. 3. Take a length of kitchen string, ...

After picking up a copy of F.L. Fowler’s new culinary parody, “Fifty Shades of Chicken,” we can’t look at trussing twine without blushing. The book was inspired, of course, by “Fifty Shades of Grey,” ...