But just because liquid smoke isn't the most widely-understood ingredient doesn't mean it's unsafe to eat. You can and should be cooking with liquid smoke -- in fact, cooking with real smoke is ...

As someone who doesn't have a smokehouse and is almost always too lazy to barbecue, but who absolutely loves that home-grilled flavor, liquid smoke has become a favorite go-to for easy cooking.

Choose veggies like zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes that absorb smoke well. Marinate them in olive oil ...

Matt Armendariz/Cooking from the Spirit There are the veggie dogs you can buy at the grocery store, and there are Tabitha Brown’s chili carrot dogs from her cookbook, Cooking from the Spirit. They’re ...