There’s a seriousness and beauty to a food whose preparation begins with the need to dig a rather large hole. Though it might come as a surprise that throughout the global history of gastronomy, ...

The steam pit may not sound like an appetizing cooking technique, but wait until you try it. This primitive cooking method makes great-tasting food that stays hot for hours. The steam pit is a hole in ...

Experience the magic of traditional underground cooking with this lamb leg recipe. We marinate a whole lamb leg, wrap it ...

Above-ground brick pits with a firebox to the side (offset) of the cooking chamber is the quintessential cooking appliance of Central Texas-style barbecue. This device gave rise to “indirect-heat” ...

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