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Real Roasting Means a Wood Fire
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Real Roasting Means a Wood Fire

An Oven Can't Measure Up

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Edward Behr
Jan 02, 2005
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Woodcut by Naomi Bossom

REAL ROASTING REQUIRES INTENSE, dry radiant heat, ideally from the flames or coals of an open fire, with the meat turning in front of it, one of the best and oldest ways of cooking. (If you have a fireplace, you don’t need any special equipment at all — read on.) In contrast, a conventional oven with its relatively moist heat comi…

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