Cooking up briskets of corned beef is must as metro Detroiters prepare to celebrate Monday's St. Patrick's Day. Try these tried-and-true ways cook it.

This is my all time favorite way to cook corned beef and cabbage. Corned beef brisket and cabbage cooked in a Guinness spiked broth until the meat is so tender it falls apart and the cabbage is soft and buttery.

(3- to 4-lb.) package corned beef brisket, with seasoning packet head savoy cabbage small red-skinned potatoes 1/2 c. For the corned beef and cabbage: Cut the carrots into 3-inch long pieces. Cut the onion in half,