The Whole BirdA cookbook
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Techniques

Four things worth learning properly

Jointing, salting, crisp skin and resting. Four things that decide how nearly every recipe here turns out.

01

Jointing a Bird into Eight

Eight pieces, one knife, no cleaver and no bones splintered. The single skill that changes what you can cook.

ChapterKnife work
02

Dry Brining, and Why It Beats Wet

Salt on the surface a day ahead does three separate things, and only one of them is seasoning.

ChapterPreparation
03

Getting the Skin Crisp

Crisp skin is a moisture problem before it is a heat problem. Solve it in the fridge, not the oven.

ChapterHeat
04

Resting, and What Actually Happens

The meat keeps cooking after it leaves the oven, and the juices are not going where you think.

ChapterFinishing