Category: Cooking

Cauliflower “rice” isn’t perfect. It doesn’t have the same texture as white rice and doesn’t look like it. (It’s a bit of a fart if […]

A pack of instant noodles is a one-stop food playground and you should join me on the swing. The noodles can be pan-fried with an […]

Watermelon salad – melon, feta and mint – is a summer staple with many adored fans. It is refreshing, juicy, balanced, easy to blend. I […]

For veteran readers, you know we’re big fans of savory oatmeal here at Skillet at the moment. Bring eggs, meatballs, and monosodium glutamate, please. And […]

There are two reasons to make umeboshi, sour pickled plums that darken the longer you store them. The plums themselves are there, but you’ll also […]

The grocery section has a section where curious foods live, full of gnarled root vegetables and endless greens. I have a mission to try them […]

There were a lot of backyard barbecues and grills in the park last weekend. While others focused on making flag cakes and connecting with family, […]

If you were an “adventurous” eater in the early to mid-2000s, you’ve probably had your fill of bacon, or at the very least, tired of […]

We talk a lot about broth here on Lifehacker, and we’re fans of a certain brand of broth everywhere. What we rarely talk about is […]

Historically, I rarely go around children or people who have children, so I rarely think about or buy children’s things. But now my sister has […]

It’s a special time of the year when 10am greets you with 84°F and 79% humidity, at least here in New York. There is nothing […]

You may not be familiar with quenelles , but they are often found in restaurants and, well, they make a big difference. Chefs make quenelles […]

Consider the undervalued grape leaf. The vines are pruned every year, turning brown and woody, and emerge alive fresh with green shoots in late spring. […]

Fruit seasons are short. Strawberries are out for a few weeks, then shelves fill with cherries, followed by ripe nectarines and peaches. Forty-five seconds later […]

I’m not new to the alluring world of Italian carbs. I had fragrant pizzas, fluffy zeppoli and strombolas stuffed almost burst. However, I feel betrayed. […]

My kitchen produces two things every year that my friends love: sambal and fresh fermented salsa. It didn’t occur to me to combine the two […]

Once a year, everyone I know becomes a farmer. They plan ahead, have a picnic, grab a hat, and go to the farm to pick […]

Foster bananas have a reputation for being difficult. Newcomers to the retro dessert may not know much about it, other than that it’s a fancy-named […]

Maybe I’m lying to myself, but I find chilled food makes me feel colder during the summer months, and I don’t care who says otherwise. […]

Adults have high demands, such as how to cut ingredients with sharp objects and cook for themselves (besides microwave popcorn). The pressure from that giant […]

As you may have heard, Instant Pot – or rather, the company that owns Instant Pot – filed for bankruptcy due to falling sales. I […]

Years ago, I dined at the now-defunct New York City restaurant Mission Chinese, which was beset by labor issues and various scandals, the smallest (and […]

I will always be fascinated by the little blue box of Jiffy Corn Muffin. Actually, I would never serve cupcakes like cornbread – they are […]

If you’re trying to spend a White Lotus summer away from home rather than on the beaches of Sicily, you can still get a taste […]

Raspberries are naturally sweet. They are always too sweet and too tart for me, but I moved into a house with so many raspberry bushes […]

In the United States and Canada alone, approximately 20% of adults live with some form of disability, yet prescriptions are rarely written with people with […]

We don’t really appreciate orzo, but because of its charming, small size and shape, it hardly looks like pasta. He can trick you into believing […]

Yuzu kosho is like sunshine on your tongue. A fermented yuzu, chili and salt paste gives umami a hint of brightness that can only come […]

I have a bad habit of taking carrots for granted. They are everywhere – in hummus lunch boxes, along with potatoes and pearl onions under […]

Sometimes I wonder if TikTok is just a bunch of food “hacks” that don’t hack anything, or if it’s some grand conspiracy to make me […]

It’s not your imagination: buying food has become expensive. While we are collectively recovering from the trauma of the 2023 Great Egg Price Shock , […]

I’m not good at leaving things to marinate: ideas, problems, meat. The problem is, I don’t know what I want to eat until an hour […]

I hate picking strawberries. I love the berries themselves, and I romanticize picking them every year until I’m there, crouched on the ground, reminded of […]

It took many embarrassing trips to the trash can – throwing out moldy food and curiously sniffing heavy cream – to finally develop some adult […]

I do not hesitate to mix mayonnaise with the dish and declare it “salad”. Indeed, I love a good marinated bacon salad every day. However, […]

Maple syrup is so good it’s hard to believe it comes from a tree. Or maybe it’s easy to believe. Trees also give us peaches, […]

I’ve made waffles in many things , but few waffles, which is odd given the intended purpose of the waffle maker. I can count on […]

As a kid, I was obsessed with helping my mom cook (hard to believe, I’m sure). Although she dabbled in cooking Italian food and sampled […]

I rarely get professional jealousy, but it does happen, and I was hit hard by it yesterday morning when I read this Maple Butter Poached […]

Fried egg ramen is an umami breakfast filled with delicious texture, while instant ramen acts as a transforming canvas. Depending on how you cook them, […]