Category: Cooking

I am an absolute trash for grilled cheese, and I prefer smooth creamy sauce over elastic melted strands. Shake Shack makes a good cheese sauce, […]

My first highball was a mix of Captain Morgan spiced rum and Diet Coke poured into a red Solo cup. It was all wrong. The […]

If you’ve ever made meringues, custard, or super-airy sour foods, you’ve run into the problem of excess eggs. Whether it’s the white or the yolk, […]

This week, the New York Times introduced many of us to the killer hornet, better known as the Asian giant hornet. But a small part […]

What if your recipe uses baking soda but you only have baking powder, or if you have baking soda but not baking powder? It turns […]

About once a year, my mother and I traveled to Calistoga, California to drink wine, sink into the mud, and lie motionless on hotel beds. […]

I’m not afraid to eat anything frozen, much less frozen pizza, but I can’t help but make a change. Even for the best frozen pizza, […]

Allow me, if you like, a moment of culinary pettiness. While I am almost always a proponent of cooking what you like, what you have […]

Now that I ran out of Campari, gin, and whatever wine I ordered, I was forced to mix drinks with “what I have.” Luckily, as […]

I’ve had to get a little creative with my snacks lately. Instead of running to the store whenever the urge arises, I should be content […]

I think I’m starting to hate cooking. Or at least I’m starting to hate cooking for myself. (I became prone to small emotional outbursts, in […]

Baking sourdough bread has become a cliché of negligible privilege in an era of social exclusion. This is a time-consuming attempt to stay at home, […]

We need to talk about tofu. As the Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger mania sweeps the globe, vegan OG protein is being left behind – […]

I’ve been eating a lot of instant miso soup lately, mostly for breakfast because it’s light and very spicy and the intense spicy taste is […]

“Just stay home” is not as relaxing as it sounds. Some of us do our real work sitting on couches and kitchen tables, and many […]

As with most baking, making the perfect pot cake is practically a science. You should decarboxylate the bud , infuse the oil, and (ideally) calculate […]

Cooking is now an important chore around the house as many restaurants are closed and extra food mouths are parked at the table for all […]

Being stuck at home has inspired many of us to try our hand at baking. As a result, there are now widespread reports of yeast […]

Peanut butter and jelly is a sandwich for our time, but the fatigue of the sky is real and there are new and different foods […]

Now that we all drink so much at home, you may have noticed that your bar trolley isn’t as versatile as you originally thought. One […]

Onions are an active ingredient that is commonly used to impart either an aggressive astringency or a deeply developed umami to a dish. However, baked […]

As an avid connoisseur of trendy jams and canned food, I don’t want to waste even a little of this sweet. If you find yourself […]

The pandemic-triggered home fever has spurred a sourdough baking craze that is similar to everyone on Instagram. If you are one of the newly converted […]

All bakers these days, which, apart from the lack of flour, is not bad. (For example, better than anyone who copes with isolation when they […]

I once had big plans for an Easter brunch with my friend Dan . We had grandiose views of pre-made cocktails, hollandaise sous-vide, and a […]

Making a cocktail at home requires several accessories. Aside from a shaker, stirring glass, spoon, and more, the Home Bar isn’t complete without bitters, citrus […]

Given that the goal right now is to stay inside, some people have developed a bunker-type mentality, spending most of their grocery budget on canned, […]

Stock cubes and pastes are an easy way to add a whole bunch of flavor with a single ingredient, but they’re usually for soups, stews, […]

Since canned foods have an important point, I would say now is the time to revisit the humble canned anchovies. They have a reputation for […]

I heard terrible news this morning. Apparently, there is now something of a shortage of mayonnaise, and there are no cans on the shelves of […]

When I first heard that I would be spending all this time at home, I imagined evening cocktail hours in the bathroom, a lot of […]

I have the unique ability to cause anxiety about any problem, and right now the problem is food, especially the food that is currently in […]

Unless you’re Southerner, Appalachian, Amish, or anyone else who really enjoys baking, you probably haven’t heard of the vinegar pie, a pie that sounds much […]

Cheese can be a source of comfort, especially if it’s sticky, melted, and eaten through some kind of carbohydrate-rich delivery system. There are many ways […]

This is a great time to be a bean, or rather a supplier of beans. In addition to the popularity of a particular club of […]

Sometimes life gives you more than you can handle, and sometimes it gives you herbs. Whether you have a congested garden, generous friends with an […]

Crises of any kind tend to lead people towards a utilitarian, no-nonsense mindset. It’s okay for hand sanitizer and other less attractive essentials, but I […]

Whenever I can’t figure out what a dish needs, I usually answer with acid. It enhances and balances flavors at the same time like nothing […]

The cinnamon roll is a real baked item. Immediately after hearing its name, you know exactly what you are getting yourself into. There will be […]

Depending on where you live, you may or may not be eating good food from cans in the near future. If your budget allows, I […]