Unless you cook it regularly, you may not know how to cut brisket. You’ll need to understand how to tell the flat from the point, how to trim the fat, and how to cut against the grain when slicing ...

The grain refers to the muscle fibers and their direction. Slicing against them means shortening them to make them more tender. The tricky part is that a full brisket is made of two muscles that ...

Scrape off cranberry sauce, place in a bowl, and set aside. Transfer brisket to a carving board, and slice against the grain. Arrange brisket slices in an ovenproof serving dish, and spoon ...