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Josh Ozersky

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I have a very elemental view of food and cooking: "sure bets" about sums it up. I'm a purist who believes in white toast, strong coffee, wood over coal and coal over gas, live fires and dead animals, and the Shinto-like purity of a perfect hamburger.

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RT @emilyweinstein: Made the #RecipeLab fried chicken. I may never go back to roasted. http://t.co/bPdjCeOvMd 2:42 PM May 13th
I think...Alfred Drake and William Campbell might have been the Bill Paxton / Bill Pullman of extravagantly overdramatic 60s stage actors. 2:14 PM May 13th
Last chance for questions for @ESQFood 's Ask Eat Like A Man.....Love to get some first-time askers. No question too inane or perverse. 9:13 AM May 13th
RT @mczlaw: Over at the next table @zahavrestaurant is my new pal @OzerskyTV. He may like to eat as much as me. He's definitely dressed bet… 8:00 AM May 12th

Josh Ozersky's Archive

The Fried Chicken to End All Fried Chicken
July 2, 2012
Cookout-Worth Beef Brisket
April 19, 2012
Jerk Chicken
April 19, 2012
Grilled Veal Chops
April 19, 2012
Grilled Steak 101
April 19, 2012
Bacon Explosion, Ozersky-Style
April 19, 2012
Hollywood-Cut Lamb Chops
April 19, 2012
Smash and Bash Veal Cutlets
April 19, 2012
Know Your Knives: Josh Ozersky’s Comprehensive Guide
March 19, 2012
Short Ribs Are Awesome – But That Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Ruin Them
February 23, 2012
You’re Not Supposed to Like Meat Medium. But I Do.
February 1, 2012
Roast Chicken Chronicles
January 19, 2012
The All-Meat Team
January 3, 2012
Herb-Crusted Prime Rib
January 3, 2012
Ultimate Roasted Potatoes
January 3, 2012
The Before and After of Prime Rib
December 24, 2011
Kugeling Exercises
December 22, 2011
Latkes: An Act of Love
December 21, 2011
Old World Potato Latke Recipe
November 4, 2011
Sausage-Stuffed Crown Roast
November 4, 2011
Sausage Bread Stuffing
November 4, 2011
Wine-Braised Short Ribs
November 3, 2011
Weeknight meal - Time to make meatloaf
November 3, 2011
The Best Roasted Potatoes Ever
November 3, 2011
Savory Kugel
November 3, 2011
Sausage Stuffed Pork Crown Roast
November 3, 2011
Old World Potato Latkes
November 3, 2011
"Maid Rite" Burger
November 3, 2011
Sausage Bread Stuffing
November 3, 2011
How to Roast a Turkey
November 3, 2011
How to Prep a Turkey
November 3, 2011
How to Pick a Turkey
November 3, 2011
How to Make Turkey Stock
November 3, 2011
How to Make Pan Gravy
November 3, 2011
How to Carve & Plate a Turkey
November 3, 2011
Brine a Turkey
November 3, 2011
Herb-Crusted Prime Rib
November 3, 2011
Guinness and Barley Lamb Stew
November 3, 2011
Grilled Cheese and Bacon Sandwich Mistakes to Avoid
November 3, 2011
Five-Way Cincinnati Chili
November 3, 2011
Easy Corned Beef
November 3, 2011
Corned Beef Hash
November 3, 2011
Ultimate Standing Rib Roast Recipe
November 2, 2011
Chop Talk
November 2, 2011
Duck Fat French Fries
October 4, 2011
Ozersky’s All-Meat Team: Spareribs
September 27, 2011
Spareribs, Pure and Simple
September 27, 2011
All Meat Team Top 5
September 14, 2011
Lust for Leftovers
September 8, 2011
Deep-Fried Food: A Love Story
September 8, 2011
Meat Sauce Mania
September 8, 2011
Perfect Hash Browns
September 1, 2011
How I Defied the Cheesesteak
August 25, 2011
You Can’t Beat Bad Meat
August 18, 2011
Dispatch From Meatopia
August 17, 2011
The Meatiest Meat Sauce
August 11, 2011
All-American Cheeseburger
August 11, 2011
Last-Minute Spaghetti al Limone
August 11, 2011
Classic Roast Chicken
August 11, 2011
Stove-Top Lamb Chops
August 11, 2011
Perfect Pork Chops
August 11, 2011
Perfect Pan-Fried Ribeye Steak
August 11, 2011
The Ultimate Cheesesteak
August 11, 2011
Cacio e Pepe with Bacon Grease
August 11, 2011
Simple Onion Sliders
August 11, 2011
Oven-Cooked Bacon & Scrambled Eggs
August 11, 2011
Pancake-Style Salami & Eggs
August 11, 2011
The Ultimate Standing Rib Roast
August 9, 2011
Three-Minute Hash Browns
August 9, 2011
Coal, Glorious Coal
August 4, 2011
The Ultimate Fried Chicken
July 19, 2011
Why Good Ribs Are Worth Chewing
July 6, 2011
Pelmeni Party!
July 1, 2011
Corned Beef Confidential
June 5, 2011
Meat Doneness Explained, from Rare to Well-Done
June 1, 2011
How to Make Basted Eggs with Bacon
June 1, 2011

Josh Ozersky is the executive producer and host of Ozersky.TV. He also writes the "Taste of America" column for Time Magazine and is the author of The Hamburger: A History (2008) and Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to New York (2003). A winner of the James Beard Foundation award for multimedia writing on food, he was formerly the editor of New York Magazine's food blog, Grub Street, and the national restaurant editor of Citysearch. Josh writes a cooking column for rachaelray.com, and his videos about food and restaurants can also be seen every day on Ozersky.TV. His next book, Colonel Sanders and the American Dream, will be published next year.

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