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Sarah Jampel

Sarah Jampel is a writer, editor, recipe developer, and food stylist based in Vermont. She was a senior staff writer and stylist at Food52 before joining Bon Appétit as senior cooking editor in 2019, which entailed heading up the Basically vertical, editing and developing recipes, and writing about everything from her favorite brownie mix to her must-have cooking tools. Sarah now serves as the recipe development and test kitchen manager at King Arthur Baking.

Cooking

How to Bake With Yeast When You're a Total Noob 

Get to know yeast, one of the best single-celled microorganisms around. 
Lifestyle

Creamy Vegan Pasta…and 9 Other Ways to Turn a Can of Beans Into Dinner

It’s creamy, it’s beany, and you don't even have to break out a blender.
Cooking

The One Thing I Do Every Time I Bake Cake to Avoid Disaster

Learn it once, remember it forever. 
Lifestyle

You’ll Swear This Cinnamon is Spiked with Sugar (It’s Not)

One shake of Burlap & Barrel's Royal Cinnamon will transform your oatmeal, cakes, and applesauce for good.
Recipes

Salty Buckwheat Chocolate Chunk Cookies

When’s the last time a chocolate chip cookie surprised you? This one, which gets its speckled look, earthy, nutty flavor, and chewy middle from buckwheat flour, might just become your new favorite.
Lifestyle

The Cookbook That Makes Healthy Eating Look Amazing

As someone who lives for an exciting, somewhat “out-there” condiment or snack, I can’t get enough.
Cooking

The Melted Cheese Problem™

Why your melted cheese is greasy-lumpy-gross—and how to fix it. 
Cooking

Cornstarch is a Powerful Tool That Must Be Used Responsibly

Learn how to use cornstarch and you'll be rewarded with its many riches. 
Cooking

There are 40,000 Types of Rice in the World—Here's How to Pick the One You Need

A super-simplified guide to an incredibly complicated subject. 
Cooking

When It Comes to This Snack, Store-Bought Is Better Than Homemade

You can't beat them so you might as well embrace them.
Recipes

Vegetarian Chili With Lots of Fritos

Quick, spicy, filling, and made mostly of pantry ingredients, this chili/tortilla soup/frito pie mash-up is calling your name. (Shhh. Listen closely.) 
Cooking

The #1 Chicken Noodle Soup Mistake

Excluding “there's never enough of it." 
Cooking

Get Those Mushy Vegetables Out of My Soup

Out of my way, soggy carrots.