Category: Cooking

Cranberry sauce is a balance of sweet and tart. The sauce acts as a purifying port in a rush of fat and salt, but the […]

This Thanksgiving Day will be different from anything we’ve ever experienced. There is no “hack” here: we will have to make real, significant changes to […]

One of the great things about eating birds is eating their (hopefully) crunchy (ideally) well-aged skin. But some people, like my mom, don’t appreciate this […]

I’ve always thought cranberry sauce was more important than Thanksgiving . While it plays an important role on turkey day – it prevents salt, fat […]

Thanksgiving dinner isn’t the easiest one, so I’m always looking for ways to reduce both the stress and the effort involved in preparing it. One […]

If you have a habit of preparing delicious meals, you are probably cooking with some kind of fat. And regardless of whether you cook eggs […]

Hello and welcome back to Skillet Chili Cook-Off. After the series started off with a super affordable, honest, seedless, seedless, beanless Texas pepper , we […]

For the past few years, Instant Pot has been the favorite beverage in the single pot cooking world. But before it became a popular commodity […]

Growing up in Jamaica, I never realized how polarized pumpkins were until I went to culinary school in Toronto. During the fall menu planning meeting, […]

I’m not a huge consumer of turkey sandwiches, but Thanksgiving sandwich is a different story altogether. The moment you add the cranberry sauce , I’m […]

When you’re cooking at home – even for Thanksgiving – there are always a few things to do to make you feel like a chef. […]

Today is an important day; exciting day; the day we’ve all been waiting for. That’s right: I’m talking about National Sandwich Day, the most important […]

If you live in the United States of America (or pay attention to and / or care for the people who live), you are probably […]

Every October, my stepfather’s big Italian family gets together and prepares what can be described as “so many damn ravioli.” I only attended a ravioli […]

Roasted herbs can add texture, flavor, and color to mashed potatoes, casseroles and toppings, but deeply frying the little leaves in hot oil is not […]

With the exception of chicken, dumplings, and matzo ball soup, you won’t find many recipes for simple drops of boiled dough. This is a huge […]

Many months, moons, and news cycles ago, one of my (and many others) major problems was the “shortage” of food before the pandemic was “over.” […]

A good marinade is a very nice thing, but avoiding pickles in the refrigerator can seem a little intimidating if you’ve never fermented anything before. […]

Hello friends and welcome to the first part of Skillet Chili Cook-Off . Let me start by saying that this will probably last longer than […]

I live on the west coast, which means that by the time I get up and flicker, most of my colleagues are already several hours […]

Pedantic criticism of technology from dedicated fans is not something that I think is worthwhile. While I understand that it is human nature to want […]

I almost always have a box of Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownie cookie mix in my pantry. I have about five pounds of this stuff at […]

Real grits are usually made from dried chopped corn – corn that has been soaked in an alkaline solution to make it more nutritious and […]

If in a recipe you add minced garlic to hot, sizzling oil early in the cooking process, this is probably not a very good recipe. […]

Even if you have not eaten nixtamal (known as “homi” in the southern United States), you have most likely consumed nikstamal in one form or […]

The soup is good. It’s warm, comfortable and easy to eat, both at the start of a hearty meal and as the star of a […]

Like pizza and barbecues, chili is one of those foods that are very popular with locals. I was born in Mississippi and raised in California, […]

I have always appreciated a good tuna sandwich. You can make a good one even with mediocre water-filled fish, although you’ll have to rely heavily […]

If you’ve been to a farmers’ market recently (or live near a bougie grocery store), you may have seen them. They look like pale little […]

When I first heard someone admiring their “deep fryer” and touting its ability to cut calories, I almost immediately lost interest. I just don’t care […]

I don’t know a single person who doesn’t like crispy fries. In fact, we love them so much that we figured out how to use […]

Aside from watching Bake Off on a weekly basis, I don’t spend my free time browsing food and generally avoid any celebrity cooking videos. Having […]

Luxury is a tricky concept. Expensive items are often considered a luxury, but luxury has less to do with price than with time and effort. […]

For most of the country, this is the grape season, the season for the fruit that is highly underestimated. Most of us have access to […]

It would be unfair to say that I bought a deep fat fryer just to heat up the fries, but it would be insincere to […]

People love to talk about “sweater weather,” but-me-changing sheets and dropping temperatures mark the start of the weather gravy . Like a sweater, gravy makes […]

Baking is an activity that involves all of your senses. You should look at your dough to see if it has doubled in size, feel […]

It’s a bit ironic that the best time to bake bread (a cold, dark day) is the worst time to proof (or test) the bread. […]

Someone might say that there is no such thing as “too much oil,” and if they said that, they would be right. But thanks to […]

Blanching – boiling briefly before being immersed in an ice bath – is a standard method used to cook vegetables, which tend to lose their […]