Grilling and Summer How-Tos

Cooking meat low and slow requires a thermometer that can handle the heat — and keep you updated for hours.

Learn how to cook and buy fresh tilapia the right way, plus get delicious easy-to-make recipes from the chefs at Food Network.

Keep that fresh flavor going all year long.

Use our internal-temperature chart to serve perfectly cooked chicken, turkey, beef, lamb and pork.

With this technique, your grilled pizza won't flop, stick or burn.

Planning a fire-free camping trip? Here are a few of our favorite no-cook meals.

Say bye-bye to burnt kernels and dried-out cobs — follow these tips for perfect grilled corn.

Try a new cookout dish: Food Network Magazine created dozens of fun and easy foil packs.

Don’t let your harvest go to waste.

Pellet grills can do the work of a smoker, grill and oven — all in your backyard. Here's why you need one, pronto.

Here’s everything you need to know before firing up your grill this summer!

Lettuce is great for beginner gardeners.

Give your cucumbers the best opportunity to grow well this summer.

Practically any food eaten outdoors in the company of another could qualify as a picnic — "A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and Thou" being among the simplest and best menus still in use more than a thousand years after a poet first suggested it. But once the guest list numbers above three, a few more dishes are in order and a little strategizing pays off. To help plan your next outing, we've assembled a list of totable foods that are easy to eat sprawled out in the sun, plus some handy gear for serving it.

Our top tips for picking and buying summer’s quintessential fruit, whether you're picking it fresh off the vine or off the grocery store shelf.