An octopus cooked just right is perfectly tender and flavorful enough to be served on its own or alongside salads, potatoes, or greens. However, cooking octopus isn't always smooth sailing, and not ...

In spite of living in a coastal state with a reputation for its seafood, I don’t cook a lot of it. It’s expensive, and expensive instills fear in me. If I screw up, I might be out $20 or more for the ...

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay at a live cooking demonstraton. - Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images For all but the most experienced or merely cavalier among us, octopus can be pretty tricky to make at home.

Thaw octopus if necessary, either for 24 hours in refrigerator, or for a few hours in a couple of changes of cold water. With scissors, remove skinny tips of tentacles and, cutting through webbing ...

When Lefebvre prepares the grapefruit to plate with the octopus, he notes that you need to cut off all of the white from the fruit, since it’s very bitter. He slices off the skin with a French ...

Cooking octopus in the snow is not easy, but it makes for a unique challenge. In this video, I show how I adapted to extreme ...

Almost a decade after Seattle wrestled with its love — and appetite for — octopus in a much-talked-about New York Times Magazine story, the city has the Kraken, a new NHL team named after a giant ...

Oh, to be like a chef, confidently cooking foods to perfection. It seems an elusive dream, but sous vide cooking helps home cooks get chef-level results. Chefs favor the sous vide method, which yields ...

In this week's episode of Ludo à la Maison, we learn how to make one of his most popular dishes from LudoBites—tandoori octopus with yogurt, cauliflower, and grapefruit. As an Associate Food Editor, ...