Jan 29
2
One of the most common baking questions I get is what to do when a recipe calls for instant yeast, but all you have…
Jan 28
9
Ground meat can be awfully grim without a little help. Baking soda is fantastic for spiffing up a quick sauté, but…
Jan 27
2
By any definition, Hidden Valley Ranch dip is the ultimate foolproof recipe. If you gave a million people a…
Jan 21
2
Baking bread is an intimidating proposal for many people—and for good reason. There are so many variables at play,…
Jan 14
13
Earlier this year, Taco Bell made the egregious mistake of removing all its delicious…
Jan 14
1
There’s no bigger baking disappointment than realizing you forgot to soften the butter. In the interest of eating…
Jan 8
6
Recipes are so easy to find online, even people with extensive cookbook collections tend to go to Google first. But…
Jan 6
2
Most people never cooked at home more than they did in 2020. If you started last year with no plans to cook more,…
Dec 18
2
The most consistent element of my pandemic meal plan is a genre of food I call “stuff on rice.” Even a single fried…
Nov 24
3
The staggering beauty of mashed potatoes is fleeting: You have to eat as much as you can while they’re hot, knowing…
Nov 20
1
The ideal Pandemic Thanksgiving dessert is fancy enough to feel special while remaining as low-effort—and…
Nov 12
1
Thanksgiving simply isn’t Thanksgiving without pie. It follows, then, that every Thanksgiving needs a Pie…
Nov 4
3
So, you want to build a nuclear fallout shelter. You’re not alone: the civilian bomb shelter construction industry…
Oct 30
1
Outside of chicken and dumplings and matzo ball soup, you don’t see many recipes for humble blobs of boiled dough.…
Oct 21
3
I avoid mincing garlic at all costs. My technique is not the issue—my will is. I hate doing it, so I don’t. Having…
Oct 14
1
You can never have too much sauce. The right sauce can turn something as simple as a bowl of steamed vegetables into…
Oct 6
7
Great news for people who hate doing dishes: if you have a dishwasher, washing your dishes by hand is a colossal…
Sep 16
6
One of my favorite Panic Meals involves whatever sad produce I have in the fridge, purposefully burned to a crisp…
Aug 31
1
Grinding your own spices is one of the easiest ways to improve the flavor of your meals. Grinding them as you need…
Aug 24
10
Of all the many ways to preserve summer tomatoes, slow-roasting them might be my favorite. If you can carve out…