It’s funny how we seem to know automatically the history and dates of some holidays. Thanksgiving, Presidents Day and the Fourth of July have obvious historical significance. Christmas, Hanukkah, ...

Spectacular firework displays aren’t the only way to celebrate July Fourth. Barbecue and grilling aficionados set out to churn out spectacular, tasty racks of ribs. Welcome to July Fourth, the most ...

A perfectly seasoned rack of ribs, grilled until tender — but with a little chew and not quite falling off the bone — is a beautiful thing. For rib grillers and aficionados, it's a masterful ...

We're counting down to Memorial Day, the unofficial start to the summer grilling season and one of the most popular times to grill outdoors. To help you along, we are offering a week's worth of ...

Baby back ribs are the go-to rib of the cooking world, but when you look at alternative types of ribs, like spare ribs, it can be hard to understand why. It's not that baby backs aren't delicious, ...

Cruising the meat department shouldn't be confusing when you just want a slab of ribs. Learn the difference between styles to ...

Happy Memorial Day, Miami. If there’s sun — and the forecast calls for an end to this damn rain — you will want to grill out with an ice-cold beer in hand. But when you’re sipping on that brewski ...

Hunger Pangs is a series about cooking great Chinese food at home, starring ATK's Kevin Pang and his father Jeffrey. In this ...

It was one of those culinary epiphanies. I realized you rarely get great barbecued ribs from a restaurant. They have to come from backyards. My rib-awakening came during the world's largest barbecue ...

There was the year that I demonstrated how to make ribs eight times on the same national morning show. Each time, I would remind them we did ribs the last time, and the producer would say, “I know but ...

Back ribs usually are sold in either full slabs (13 ribs) or half slabs (7 ribs), and are the most expensive cut of rib. When they come from a pig that was less than a year old, they are referred to ...