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Janet McCracken

How to Keep Avocados From Turning Brown

How to keep avocados green? Here's a useful tip from the BA Test Kitchen--submerge them in cold water.

We're Having Bourbon with Breakfast. (Don't Judge!)

A new line of handcrafted "tonics"--including bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup and vinegar--is our new favorite way to dress up everything from pancakes to salad.

Quick Fix Meal

One of my favorite last-minute meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner is a riff on scrambled eggs on toast...

8 Ways to Use Leftover Easter Eggs

Don't let the funny color stop you--here are a few of my favorite ways to make use of some good eggs.

Inside the Test Kitchen

BA Food Editor Hunter Lewis recently talked about why Diamond brand Kosher Salt is our favorite. But talking about salt without mentioning pepper is like macaroni without cheese...

Where to Buy the Elusive Peppadew

Apparently BA readers really wanted to make our March cover Pimiento Mac and Cheese recipe (understandably), but some of you had trouble tracking down the peppadew peppers it called for.

Inside the Test Kitchen

Recently we've been playing around with the Middle Eastern grain freekeh, also know as farik or greenwheat