Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about food culture—what we eat and what it says about us Corned beef and cabbage is as much a part of St. Patrick’s Day as ...

Corned beef, simply put, is beef brisket cured and brined with salt and spices before (typically) being boiled. Corned beef and pastrami are similarly prepared but tend to be made of different cuts of ...

Cooking corned beef brisket on St. Patrick's Day, though not Irish, is one of many popular dishes served. Here are some tried-and-true methods to cooking corned beef brisket with cabbage or other ...

Every year, I make a corned beef brisket for St. Patrick’s Day. I do it for the classic corned beef and cabbage preparation, sure. But I’m always more excited about leftover corned beef ...

Every once in a while, I’ll get the urge to order corned beef hash at a diner. Pretty soon after — as my fingers plumpen into sausages from the canned meat’s sodium overload — I regret it. It’s not ...