Category: Cooking

Do you love cheese? Do you love nuggets? Do you like to throw things in the fryer and see what happens? Well, let me introduce […]

No one has ever said, “I think we have enough varieties of cookies, let’s stop.” Even with simple cookies like buttery shortbread; yes, it’s excellent […]

The summer heat is unbearable, and the hot season calls for cold dishes . Get some ice cream, you say? Eskimo? This is strange. Instead, […]

To eat broccoli, you need to cut broccoli , and to cut broccoli, you need two things: a (sharp) blade and a (steady) surface. In […]

I take salad wedges seriously and treat each ingredient with the respect it deserves. I usually don’t mind a store-bought piece of bacon or a […]

My life is built on a carbohydrate house. I love them all and have no plans to stop, but sometimes when my precious bread and […]

Hot egg sauce is the perfect way to start a fire under your ass in the morning. The top choice for my eggs for a […]

When it comes to eating animals, most white Americans seem to prefer muscle and meat over entrails, heads, tails, tendons, and anything that isn’t muscle […]

Citrus fruits are one of the most versatile gifts that Mother Nature throws at us. Life gives us lemons, and we use them to make […]

Finishing off with a toasted butter or beurre noisette if you’re French is an easy way to add some impressive luxury. Once you know how […]

I love decorating cakes, but this is without a doubt a skill that may require the meditative patience of a school teacher. Depending on what […]

As a host, nothing gives me more pleasure than preparing beautiful and inviting appetizers and treats for my guests, but decorating too pretty can actually […]

I often dig through my fridge looking for unknown gourmet foods that magically appear. I had to experience this phenomenon at least once, since I […]

There are very few cake “improvements” that I trust right away. I’m a food skeptic by nature, and I usually look at viral hacks and […]

Open, free-floating ice trays, even silicone ones, are not suitable for storing ice. They tend to break, stink, and there is always one ice cube […]

It’s an awful feeling to try to turn over a steak, chicken breast, or a piece of grilled fish only to find it melts on […]

There’s a lot of content out there to help you decide what to cook with your whimsical precision sous vide, dipping, circulating, no-flame tool, or […]

Cookies can cause a lot of tension when you suggest changing a traditional recipe. Well, things get awkward. I made cookies with a yogurt cup […]

It took me a few extra laps along the path of adulthood to find my culinary gene. My life used to be spent convincing those […]

Some of my favorite foods are healthy sources of protein. Cottage cheese, jerky, hard-boiled eggs – things I can grab and shove in my face […]

Fishing the last stem out of a jar of Amarena cherries is extremely frustrating – even more frustrating if the cherry isn’t attached. These bitter […]

I don’t have Hispanic blood. I come from glow-in-the-dark Russia, but I’m a serious Mexican food snob. I spent thirty years in Arizona, where we […]

You can’t call yourself an adult if you don’t have kitchen experience , so the biggest culinary sin is not being able to cook. But […]

Butter is the perfect dipping sauce for those hot summer months when artichokes are ready to be steamed and crabs are ready to boil. If […]

Every year around the middle of June, my inbox is inundated with cake recipe press releases, each boasting new and exciting takes on the patriotic […]

It’s grilling season, and I – along with my fellow BBQ dads (asexual name) – are ready to grill for you. Gathering people in the […]

My refrigerator is broken. Not so broken that it can’t be fixed, but broken so that some kind of specialist is needed. It took over […]

The ability to prepare a meal is what separates great home cooks from just good cooks. This extra attention to detail not only makes your […]

Marshmallows have two seasons: rice crispy treat season, which falls around the holidays, and s’more season, which is now. Unless you’re a true mallow fanatic, […]

Shredding and rubbing meat is an important part of barbecue cooking. The seasoning and spice mix is ​​meant to stick to the surface of the […]

Last week I was at the highly anticipated opening of Jeffrey Morgenthaler and Benjamin Amberg’s new bar, Pacific Standard . (If you’re a regular reader […]

Once a year I go picking strawberries with my friend Amanda. (You may know Amanda; she writes about pickles and parties .) Hunched over, rummaging […]

I’m a big fan of dinner parties. I like to go to them, and I like to receive them. It’s an opportunity to get together […]

Caviar has been trending lately thanks to a recent NYT article about “caviar cones” or “tasting caviar on the back of your hand,” a weird […]

There are many recipes that call for “fixing” something with a skewer or toothpick. Things like stuffed chicken breasts, meatloaf, and bacon wrapped in just […]

The best filling for a cake is whipped cream. It’s light, fluffy, slightly sweet, and goes with everything from angel food cake to double chocolate […]

People are always trying to turn bananas into ice cream, and who can blame them. Ice cream is really that bitch. It’s sweet and rich, […]

I am a decidedly mediocre baker and an even worse decorator. As someone with an almost constant tremor that gets worse every time I try […]

The sheer variety of cakes that exist in the world is exciting, if a little overwhelming. Choosing between a butterfly-shaped cake with motors inside or […]

Southern chefs – or more specifically, southern eaters – have different opinions on many foods. Even if you don’t cook grains, fish, or beans, you […]