Cook’s Illustrated’s Quick Tips is, to my mind, the best front-of-book magazine column in existence. Readers write in not with recipes to recommend, or even ingredients to use, but with small, ...

Bacon is so versatile, that you can have it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Thanks to its smoky, salty, and umami notes, bacon tastes good with everything and can easily turn any of these meals from ...

Bryant Terry is a James Beard Award-winning chef, but as he prepared a recipe from one of his cookbooks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates, he promised his audience that it would be a piece of ...

Picture this: you've just finished making a recipe, and you've made more than you could hope to eat in a week. Or, you're opening your fridge to find that most of your food has spoiled before you can ...

Ahh, the holidays when it’s time for baking, baking and more baking. With Christmas just a week away and Hanukkah starting the day after, there’s not much time left for making fussy holiday cookies or ...

Here's a tip that helps with cooking and cleanup: Before braising in the oven, cover the pot of your Dutch oven with a sheet of aluminum foil and then put the lid on. This tactic tightens the seal ...

Planning a family camping trip and dreading the thought of hauling heavy cookware or wrestling with a finicky campfire? You’re in the right place. No-cook camping meals are your ticket to stress-free, ...