Food safety advice

Some researchers think cooking is a relatively recent innovation—at most 500,000 years old. Cooking requires control of fire, and there is not much archaeological evidence for hearths and purposefully built fires before this time. Yotam Ottolenghi, the accomplished chef and owner of several high-end London eateries names the cookbooks he loves the most. Most people are illiterate when it comes to food, their views based on a combination of personal beliefs, semi-truths and not fully substantiated scientific claims.

• Remove from the fridge 2 hours before use and bring them to room temperature and allow to double in size.
• One advantage to the duck fat is that, upon cooling to room temperature, it solidifies, encasing and sealing the duck leg in a sterilized layer of fat, somewhat like how some jams are preserved with a wax seal.
• For an outsider that might sound a little creepy, but it’s