How-Tos

Take almost cooked bacon and arrange on broiled pan. Brush to with maple syrup and sprinkle w coarsely ground black pepper. Bake at 375 about 20 min until crisp and deep gold. Drain on paper towels.

Break off and discard stem of chokes. Bend outer leaves back until they snap off close to the base and remove several more layers of leaves in same manner until the pale inner leaves are reached. Trim bases and sides w stainless steel knife, cut through each artichoke 1.5 inches from the bottom, and rub…

Place the artichoke whole — spikes and all, stems intact — right into the boiling water and let her shed all her thorns of her own free will: They will soften and fall off and settle at the bottom of the pot, rendering each leaf defanged and now painless to grasp with your fingers. And…

Preheat oven to 225 and line 2 large baking sheets w parchment paper. Sift 3 T sugar onto lined baking sheets. With a mandolin, slice apples crosswise paper thin and arrange in one layer on sheets. Sprinkle w remaining sugar. Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching positions halfway through 2.25 hours total,…