Homemade beef jerky is delicious, says Food & Wine Culinary Director Justin Chapple, but he also knows there's one big issue with the process of making it: it takes forever. That is, unless you follow ...

Allow me to introduce you to your microwave. I met mine just the other week. This mysterious, stigmatized box has acquired a reputation as a mere popcorn popper and leftover heater-upper. But it can ...