Celebrity chef Bobby Flay at a live cooking demonstraton. - Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images For all but the most experienced or merely cavalier among us, octopus can be pretty tricky to make at home.

How to cook octopus at home — the easy way. No sous-vide, no rock smashing. Just 3 delicious octopus recipes from a chef. Learn how to prep octopus, steam it to tenderness, make a pressed terrine, and ...

To make the octopus meatballs, start by cooking the octopus (already cleaned): place it in a large pot immersed in cold water (1), add a scant handful of coarse salt (2), black peppercorns, crushed ...