Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there’s more to an animal than neatly wrapped Styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those ...

There are some parts of animals that even the most carnivorous eater does not try. In kitchens and butcher shops, most of these parts are referred to as offal, or the internal organs of the animal. We ...

Editor's note: Originally published in November 2024. Updated November 2025. Also, this story has been updated to clarify when to add dried chiles in the recipe. This is an ingredient of extremes.

I was standing at a potluck buffet table the other day, tentatively putting my first-ever taste of beef tongue to my own tongue, when Leonard, a fellow diner, reminded me of some long-ago dietary and ...