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A Guide to American Barbecue Sauce Styles

While sauce on its own is never enough to save bad barbecue, it can perfectly complement the flavors of good barbecue, giving it an identity and elevating it to greatness. So, what are the "mother sauces" of barbecue? Mustard sauce from South Carolina, mayo-based white sauce from Alabama, and more.

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19 Comments | Posted by James Boo, May 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Tagged: barbecue, condiments, meat, sauces, style guides

The Serious Eats Guide to Dim Sum

With this handy guide, you can order 24 of the most common dim sum dishes like a pro, so that next time someone asks you "what's in this one?" you can give a better answer than the standard "just shut up and eat it."

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86 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, April 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Asian, Chinese, dim sum, style guides

The Complete Guide to Ribs of the World

Ribs are central to barbecue, but they're also part of cuisine traditions all over the globe. The SE team wanted to stop and appreciate all the ribs out there, from Pinnekjøtt in Norway to Cantonese char siu spare ribs to baby-backs (I want my...). Here are the international highlights. As it turns out, the world is boned.

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24 Comments | Posted by James Boo, April 4, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Tagged: beef, pork, ribs, style guides

The Serious Eats Barbecue Style Guide

We love Kansas City burnt ends as much as we love a perfect chopped whole hog from Eastern Carolina. That said, we decided it'd be useful to define the distinct regional styles across America.

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49 Comments | Posted by James Boo, February 24, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Tagged: barbecue, style guides

New Food Words in 2009 AP Stylebook

For newspaper reporters and editors, the Associated Press Stylebook is ... well ... if not the Bible, then Leviticus at least. It lays out all the rules and regulations that ink-stained wretches are supposed to follow when faced with sticky situations regarding spelling, grammar, and punctuation. While Serious Eats leans closer to the Chicago Manual of Style (go, serial comma!), I cut my teeth on AP and tend to pick up the latest version every couple of years. I'll definitely grab the 2009 edition, which has a few new food words in it, according to the AP Stylebook Twitter account. They include baba ghanoush, chipotle, Key lime, and Parmesan. [via @Atlantic_Food]...

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: Associated Press Stylebook, language, style guides, words