Men’s Health

10 Incredible Smoked Foods That Aren’t Meat By Kristy Alpert Whether you’re smoking with pellets, charcoal, chips, or logs, you’re missing out on what your smoker can do if you’re only smoking meat.  Smoking is essentially a method of cooking slowly over indirect heat, Read More …

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There’s Only One Right Way to Cook a Hot Dog And it’s called ‘hydrotoasting.’  BY KRISTY ALPERT YOU AND I can debate all day about the best topping for a hot dog and why it’s mustard, or argue the proper bun-length to frank-size ratio, but when Read More …

Men’s Health: Vietnamese Pizza

  This Crispy and Spicy Vietnamese Grilled “Pizza” Is Better Than Any American Chain Pie Here’s how to make this Vietnamese street food at home BY  KRISTY ALPERTAugust 1, 2016 PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK ALPERT Unless you’re at some fancy-pants brick-oven place, Read More …

Men’s Health

Why you need to make these pumpkin beer brownies right freakin’ now BY KRISTY ALPERT, TODAY It’s pumpkin season, and, if you’re anything like me, you’re tired of hearing the phrase “pumpkin spice [fill in the blank].” Don’t get me wrong, I’m Read More …

Men’s Health: Cook a Delicious Hangover Cure

  Enjoy the incredible prescription for recovery. BY KRISTY ALPERT, APRIL 28, 2014   Sometimes in life you need to follow your gut. I discovered this fact when I found shakshuka, a Tunisian casserole traditionally served for breakfast. Hangovers fear the meal Read More …

Men’s Health: Pour the Ultimate Olympic Cocktail

 [Originally posted on Men’sHealth.com] If you can’t compete like an Olympian, at least drink like a Russian BY KRISTY ALPERT, PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK ALPERT, FEBRUARY 18, 2014   Tony Abou-Ganim, AKA The Modern Mixologist, has a simple Olympic cocktail for you: “My Read More …