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How to Cook in Really Tight Spaces, According to Captain-Chef Annie Mahle

You think your kitchen's small? Chef/captain Annie Mahle poaches salmon and bakes galettes in 6 square feet--with two assistants
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'Southern Cross the Dog' Novelist Bill Cheng Eats in Mississippi

Novelist Bill Cheng, on book tour in Mississippi, makes new friends as he devours the flavors of the South
Culture

How to Throw a Summer Dinner Party at the Beach

When the sun dips toward the horizon in Amagansett, families join together for a barefoot feast that celebrates the best of summer
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How to Make the Perfect Cheese, an Excerpt from 'The Telling Room,' by Michael Paterniti

How a Spaniard named Ambrosio created the queso to end all quesos--an excerpt from Michael Paterniti's new book "The Telling Room"
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A Southern Food Diary by 'Southern Cross the Dog' Bill Cheng

New Yorker Bill Cheng wrote a whole novel about Mississippi--without ever going there. So when his book tour took him South, he was hungry for new experiences
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How to Buy the Best, Healthiest Produce at the Farmers' Market

All produce is not created equal. Here's how to buy the healthiest of the bunch
Culture

6 Non-Alcoholic Cocktail Recipes That Really Taste Good

As refreshing as Gin and Tonics, as complex as Sazeracs, and as alcoholic as apple juice, these 6 drinks from America's top bartenders lose the booze--but not the flavor
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How to Make, Store, and Serve Ice Cream

Everything you need to know to amp up your awesome homemade ice cream, from cherry bourbon to chocolate malt
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New Ways to Cook Vegetables, Courtesy of America's Best Chefs

From searing cucumbers to charring leeks, chefs are deploying cool new techniques to cook vegetables (and you can, too)
Culture

The 3 Best Ice Cream Makers

Ice cream makers, that is. We've picked the 3 best we could find, in a range of prices and styles
Culture

8 Pantry Essentials for the Modern Vegetable Chef

Farm-fresh vegetables will only take a modern chef so far. You need these 8 pantry essentials to boost texture, spice, and more
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The 5 Best Vegetable-Centric Cookbooks, Chosen by Bon Appetit Editors

Want to master the intricate art of cooking vegetables? Check out these 5 cookbooks our editors love
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Chicago's Grace Restaurant Has an All-Vegetable Tasting Menu That Costs $185

Gone are the days of the token vegetarian dish. Now chefs are building elaborate tasting menus around seasonal produce
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A Mayo-Free Tuna Salad with Flavors from the South of France

Think fresh fish chunks in a spicy vinaigrette, with briny olives, snappy beans, creamy flageolets, and ripe tomatoes
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The 6 Best Kitchen Tools for Prepping Vegetables

To treat your vegetables right, you need the right tools--i.e., these 6 slicing, dicing, scrubbing, peeling, cooking devices
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Baking Wednesday

Good technique, creme fraiche, and a bit of cardamom combine to make this one of our favorite pound cake recipes
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How to Cook Zucchini and Summer Squash

What to do with the summer bumper crop of zucchini? Here's 3 tasty twists: a salad, a tart, and a soup
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4 Recipes That Feature Vegetables Like Mushrooms, Broccoli, Carrots, Zucchini

Across America, chefs are putting vegetables front and center on their menus. And as these 4 recipes show, they're eminently worthy of the spotlight
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Excerpt from 'On the Noodle Road,' by Jen Lin-Liu

At one restaurant in Rome, writes Jen Lin-Liu in this excerpt from "On the Noodle Road," they're both--and neither
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The Trendiest Vegetables of the Last 50 Years, from Avocados to Kale

From the avocados of 1969 to the heirloom everything of recent years, a look back at the trendiest vegetables on the American cooking scene