Category: Cooking

Mayonnaise is made from eggs and is often used in dishes that contain them, especially hard-boiled eggs. Frommayonegg to boiled eggs, this combination is loved […]

I don’t know how to carve pumpkins. I can control a primitive face with a toothy smile and triangular eyes or simple ideological symbols , […]

The ideal fried egg should be crispy at the edges and bottom, with a barely solidified or runny yolk, depending on your personal preference. I […]

I don’t know if it was rain, wind, or the fact that Bake-Off is back, but recently I struggled with the urge to bake. This […]

The most successful bakers are the most methodical and least impulsive, at least they have learned to channel their impulsiveness into other pursuits. Baking requires […]

Luck may favor the brave, but Thanksgiving favors the prepared. Preparing your oven for Turkey Day in the last week of October may seem like […]

When you find you have leftover rice left over, your first instinct may be to use it to make fried rice. (And your instincts are […]

As someone who often cooks far more food than they can eat in each week, my freezer is an incredibly important part of my kitchen. […]

When used in casseroles and sandwiches, the “bread and fry” method appears to be the default method for preparing eggplant. As a southern person, I […]

“How good does something have to be?” is a question my boyfriend asks a lot, usually after I’ve changed, improved, or otherwise messed up a […]

Years ago, I saw – or at least I think I saw – an article claiming that stirring a saucepan of food in a straight, […]

Through no fault of their own, humble cauliflower looks a lot like a brain (or at least the most cerebral of all vegetables). Its bumpy, […]

I don’t clean my deep fryer very well. I’ll clean out the basket if it gets really dirty, but I usually dry it off with […]

A few months ago, I accidentally signed up for a farm box delivery service. This wouldn’t be a big deal if I didn’t buy a […]

Making flour or bread crumbs for chicken is an important step in grilled chicken. You can complicate matters with a three-step flour and egg coating, […]

I like to cook. I love eating. I love to eat what I have prepared. However, I don’t like decorating my food. Don’t get me […]

I love creamy greens because of all the cream. The most common creamy greens are spinach, and that’s my favorite, but spinach isn’t the only […]

Boiled vegetables, with their starch and pectin, are a great thickener . By adding them to gravies, soups, stews, or sauces, you can add body […]

I don’t know if it’s East Coast Italian, Calabrian or something, but my boyfriend’s Italian family doesn’t like butter as cooking oil. This is the […]

Leeks are an infamous dirty vegetable and this is due to the way they are grown (in a lot of mud). Most farmers push the […]

There will come a point in every gardener’s life when you just throw shit in the cans and be ready to go. You ate warm, […]

When I was six years old, my mom moved from Mississippi to Los Angeles with me and my sisters, and I discovered a whole new […]

There are many factors to consider when buying a knife: blade length, blade material, handle material, blade shape – a lot happens, but most of […]

If there’s one thing moms do well at is finding light meals that can be prepared quickly and with minimal effort, which is why I […]

Everyone loves butternut squash – why not? Even the name sounds tempting thanks to the word “oil”. However, they give some pain in the ass […]

Several people came to me on Friday night for vegan chili. Vegan chili probably won’t be all that exciting unless you are vegan, and I […]

Due to the nature of my work, I (somewhat reluctantly) already think about Thanksgiving. I’m ready to smoke turkey, but the rest of the menu […]

A couple of days ago, I was making my favorite broccoli stalk pie and realized that I was out of eggs and therefore had nothing […]

I’ve never been one to avoid broccoli stalks, but I’ve heard that people like that exist. I think I actually prefer the sturdier stems to […]

Salt is an incredibly common ingredient that most of us take for granted. It is a simple inorganic (which means “non-carbon-based”) molecule made up of […]

To open a can of pumpkin for a recipe that requires very little, you usually need to put the leftover amount in the refrigerator, where […]

It’s autumn now, and it’s time to shift gears in terms of production. Every tomato, every ear of corn, every stone fruit you buy is […]

If you, like me, have an oven with a convection setting, chances are good that you do not know how it works, what it is […]

When people talk about frying fish, they usually mean deep-frying – at least that’s what I usually talk about. But frying in a pan is […]

It’s very hard to go wrong with friko , aka cheese chips, in other words , a bunch of grated cheese that has been fried […]

Most recipes that use an oven require preheating to a certain temperature, which can take a while. If you, like me, are a rather absent-minded […]

Aluminum foil is a very useful, flat and pliable material, ideal for making improvised grills, pie crust protection and simple food wrappers (for non-acidic foods). […]

“Candied bacon” is a phrase that resembles a cheat code. In the early 2000s, it was so common that I almost got tired of seeing […]

Unfortunately, I annoy banana consumers. I like them to be bright yellow and without any hints of brown or green, although I prefer a couple […]

Autumn is coming, which means a flood of questionable pumpkin spice products, as well as some questionable opinions about their merits. I’m here to tell […]