Category: Cooking

Let me paint a picture for you: you are preparing breakfast. Today you decided to cook soft brown butter scrambled eggs. You plan to end […]

Eggs are simple and complex. This is one of the easiest dishes you can learn how to cook , but they can be prepared in […]

January is usually a month of cleansing, consolidation, and cleansing, but this January seems to be a particularly good time for it. Omicron infects almost […]

One of the main aspects of food writing is identifying recipes and methods that will allow you to get food to the table and into […]

No matter how much money you have, you will find a way to spend it. The same principle applies to the freezer space. And of […]

After losing my salad spinner as a result of a divorce, I resisted replacing it for several years. I was in the habit of buying […]

I would blow up Jeopardy . I am a ball and chain in the little things. My brain does not remember facts or names that […]

I’ve been a devoted omnivore all my life, but even I try to eat less meat lately, and I’m not the only one. As A.A. […]

Buying a Weber Kettle Charcoal Grill is one of the best decisions I have made in 2021. Until this year, I had been wary of […]

I’m a rule girl. I like the structure everywhere except in bras. I love menus, schedules and responsibility charts, and if you give me a […]

On a cold winter night in 2017, a friend brought a 20oz cheese ball topped with walnuts and bacon to my Christmas party. This was […]

This year was in many ways like a repetition of what came before it. Covid still exists, our healthcare system still sucks, and eating in […]

We’ve all tackled our fair share of hurdles in 2021, but it got to the point where even your holiday menu requires some gymnastics from […]

Lately, I think back to all the amazing brunch after Christmas and New Years that my friends have stumbled upon in recent years in various […]

The past three weeks have been a swirl of mocha mochas, ugly sweaters, secret Santa Clauses, and cookie exchanges. Even though you’ve baked dozens of […]

I have Marty McFly Syndrome. Someone says that something cannot be done, and I had already looked through three books on how to do it […]

Chocolate truffles are the cheese ball in the world of desserts: impressive, effortless, and always delighting the crowd. All you need to make them is […]

When I was in college, I took up baking to reduce the stress of attending classes I didn’t really like, in order to get a […]

After a festive dinner so overwhelming that only stretch pants will do, there is one dish everyone is eagerly awaiting: pie. There’s pumpkin pie and […]

Joining a corporate holiday party or other seasonal cheeseball event is an easy and cost-effective way to make friends and influence coworkers. Cheese balls are […]

On Christmas morning, breakfast should be quite casual and very forgivable, so I usually prefer a combination of cinnamon and bacon buns without a tube […]

I found out that I have ADHD at the end of my life. It got funny when I went from being hesitant about revealing this […]

When it comes to making candy, I prefer pastries that can be made without a pastry thermometer and ideally in the microwave. Haystacks , cheater […]

Every year I make a Thanksgiving turkey gumbo with leftover poultry, and every year I complain about stirring the roux. Ru is not difficult to […]

If you’ve ever eaten a cheese ball, you know that what’s on the outside is almost as important as what’s on the inside (cheese). The […]

By now, all of your turkey sauce is eaten, frozen, or tossed, but gravy over fries, potatoes, and chips in my house is a busy […]

If you have wooden utensils or cutting boards, you have probably noticed that they are capable of trapping pungent odors. As much as we love […]

Whether you’re gathering around a roaring campfire, roasting a sumptuous piece of meat, or roasting custard and cream, fire is sexy. Maybe it’s an element […]

Eating the salty, crackling skin of a bird is one of my favorite things about eating birds, but once cooled, it can go from unusually […]

It took me a lot longer to watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia than it should have . It’s like I’ve saved it for the […]

Crackers are not something to cook. They are a fully realized and finished product, ready to eat right out of the box. Place a piece […]

Somewhere in the midst of a pandemic, I fell down a rabbit hole and learned all about how to knock on trees to make syrup. […]

Bree-an-kraut is an unnecessary dish. Brie itself, served unadorned at room temperature, is already delicious: soft and spreading, creamy and slightly funky, a cheese that […]

Fact: people love latkes. I wish I was one of them. The fried potatoes should be an indispensable aid, but most of my Hanukkah memories […]

Thanksgiving leftovers are more fun to eat than a real, real Thanksgiving meal. Leftovers are where you can get creative, inspired and relaxed. Sandwiches, soup, […]

Here we are, the day before Thanksgiving, and your turkey is still frozen. It doesn’t matter if several food websites are screaming turkey thaw times […]

Condensed milk and condensed milk are two different products, but they can be easily confused. This is milk that comes in cans and is usually […]

Everyone knows that cold butter is required to make a cake worthy of a kiss, so most recipes recommend chilling the dough twice: once after […]

Being a Thanksgiving guest is easier than being a Thanksgiving host, but the best guests always contribute in some way. Bringing a side dish is […]

Oven resource management is one of the most difficult parts of preparing a Thanksgiving dinner. If you’ve just run out of oven space and still […]