Hold the turkey; how about roasting a duck for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner instead? Cantonese roast duck—the glistening red birds you see hanging in Chinatown shop windows—is known for its shiny, ...

The prospect of roasting a duck strikes many a home cook as a mountain too high, but I'm not sure why. It's definitely no more complicated than cooking a whole turkey, and I think it tastes far better ...

Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” For years, I strove to create the idealized vision of roast duck that I held in my head. It had ...

Don’t know what to do with all those potato peels? Running out of room in your oven for stuffing? Gravy tasting a little flat? Head to our holiday hub, How to Thanksgiving Smarter, Not Harder, for ...

Two duck breasts in cast iron pan next to bowl of peppercorns and a dish towel - Elena Eryomenko/Shutterstock Duck breast doesn't grace our tables in the way that chicken or turkey does, the price and ...

Angie Mar, chef at The Beatrice Inn in New York City, models her roast duck on the one her father made every Christmas. After a prolonged salt cure, he’d cold-smoke it so the fat picked up the whiff ...

Preheat oven to 425°F. Pierce duck skin all over with tip of small sharp knife. Place duck, breast side down, on large rimmed baking sheet. Roast duck until skin is deep golden brown and crisp, about ...