Category: Cooking

I love the whole spectrum of pickles—sweet, sour, semi-sour, etc.—but my favorite kind of pickle is the one that tastes so aggressive it’s almost uncomfortable […]

Given the weather and the general mood, I suspect many of you have gone into soup mode (with the exception of our editor-in-chief Jordan Calhoun, […]

Around this time of year, I usually get tired of drinking apple cider, but I have plenty of it in my fridge. I love the […]

Grated truffle, whether it’s a bowl of pasta, a fluffy stack of scrambled eggs, or a medium-rare ribeye, is the height of gourmet indulgence, but […]

Salad season. Not because of the products currently available – although I love winter salad – but because now is the time to make decisions, […]

It was New Year’s Eve afternoon and I was limping around the local grocery store in a safety boot, desperately looking for caviar to make […]

I’m just returning from my annual four-week cookie-baking holiday feast, and I’ve had time to reflect on how different types and forms of chocolate have […]

We have no shortage of love for spinach and artichoke dip (including how to improve your regular recipes ) and it’s no wonder – the […]

Assembling a classic Beef Wellington is quite a dramatic process. There’s a hectic rolling procedure, a long baking time, and when you slice it to […]

An image search for “panzanella” will return countless photos of bread and tomatoes in beautiful wooden bowls. It makes sense because wooden bowls are the […]

This year has been exciting for me here at Skillet. Mainly because I was completely immersed in working with Claire Lower’s culinary dynamo, and with […]

Like many pastry staples, choux pâté is made with a few simple ingredients and the technique required is simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy […]

Big holidays require small bites! If you’re hosting or hosting a party soon, you’ll need a menu of generic, easy-to-hold, two-bite-friendly pieces to provide enough […]

People love cheese. So much so that they get a little weird about it. I know vegans are tired of hearing, “I could probably give […]

Eggnog is as much Christmas as massive colorful lights – it’s not for everyone, but in some families it’s all about it. Whether you’re planning […]

Cranberries are often the only source of precious, richness-reducing acid on Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner tables, which is why I’ve always insisted that they be […]

The traditional Christmas log, or bûche de Noël, is a chocolate roll. It’s delicious, but Swiss roll isn’t easy to make , and if you’ve […]

The other day I had to introduce my father to my grandmother, a delight he had never experienced before. “I really like it,” he went […]

After watching TikTok about flipping pancakes , I wondered if I had been doing it wrong all my life. I turn my wrist, but I […]

Cheese selection should be the focus on the cheese board, but crackers should be a big focus. Maybe it’s a pack of club crackers you […]

Pickling is the ancient art of canning. Without it, many of our ancestors would have died of starvation or malnutrition, especially in the dead of […]

Lemon bars, citrus smoothies, lemonade and the like may seem out of place during the winter months. But when the sun goes down at around […]

I don’t know if I’ve ever had a bad spinach and artichoke sauce – it’s hard to make something unappetizing with that much milk and […]

The classic tarte tatin is sweet, stuffed with apples, and requires a little fiddling with the caramel sauce. It’s worth the effort when you’re looking […]

Cheese appeals to the crowd – an ideal product that can be sliced, melted, or otherwise turned into something more complex, such as a sauce […]

One of my favorite Christmas treats is a three-ingredient candy called Rolo Candies. (At least that’s what my family called it.) You take a mini […]

Not so long ago, vanilla reigned in the land of aromas. It is found in cookies, cakes and foaming shower gel. It is written in […]

Canned fish has been in vogue for a few years now, but the chic mostly extends to whole canned fish, which comes in neat little […]

As much as I love tofu , I have to admit that tempeh can be the real champion of soy-based meat substitutes. It has more […]

More than two thousand years ago, a motley group of Jews rebelled against their Greek invaders and reclaimed the Second Temple in ancient Jerusalem. Later, […]

When it comes to puff pastry, I’m equal, but that doesn’t mean all puff pastry is the same. Puff pastry and filo pastry are two […]

Marinated tofu is great, but getting tofu to actually absorb marinades is harder than it sounds. If you want the flavor to fully penetrate, you […]

Due to one gaffe that resulted in a broken left ankle, I stayed with my parents for a week because I am still – three […]

Making holiday cookies for the holidays doesn’t necessarily mean having six types of sprinkles or three different types of sugar. In fact, I find that […]

This holiday season, between cooking birds and grilling cheesecakes outside , I haven’t had much time to think about anything other than putting food in […]

Something about making a dessert that looks like fissile chunks of salted meat really works during the holiday season. This no-bake dessert is surprisingly light, […]

I love ham, roasts, potatoes and pies, but December is snack season for me. It’s time for textured, salty snacks, and the more of them, […]

Part of the job of a food writer is to write about things that are popular, because popularity leads to clicks, and clicks are what […]

Some recipes are easy to cut in half or thirds; one cup of sugar becomes half, or half a teaspoon of baking powder becomes 1/4 […]

Sliders, cupcakes, custard tarts, and piglets with blankets have one thing in common: they were all crazy ideas, miniature favorites that quickly became the greatest […]