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We’re here to help make mealtime more delicious, memorable, and achievable—with expert advice from our Test Kitchen, grocery store taste tests, curated recipe collections, reader-favorite columns like Feel-Good Food Plan and Fourth Trimester, and more.
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For Flaky, Oozy Stuffed Biscuits, Just Use Store-Bought Dough
The low-effort route to golden outsides and buttery, molten centers.
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Garam Masala Is a Spice Mix, an Heirloom, and an Act of Love
In an attempt to replicate the flavor, joy, and love of my mom’s, I made my own
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Make California Pizza Kitchen’s Famous BBQ Pizza—Any Time You Want
Turns out, barbecue chicken is completely fungi-ble
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Wait, You’re Not Adding Espresso Powder to Your Chocolate Cakes?
If your goal is to make the chocolatiest cake possible, you simply can’t skip the espresso.
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The Easy Shortcut to Sweet, Syrupy Gulab Jamun at Home Is Pancake Mix
It's the shortcut that's auntie-approved
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How to Cut a Baking Recipe in Half And Still Make It Taste Right
Learn from a pastry chef the best way to size down a recipe—including tricky situations like eggs.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Drinking Better Tea
From types to temperatures, plus where to get the good stuff.
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The Biggest Health Questions About Tea, Answered
Let's talk about health benefits, caffeine, and more.
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How—and Why—to Incorporate More Seaweed Into Your Cooking
Learn the difference between kombu, nori, and hijiki, and how to properly incorporate different types of seaweed into your recipes.
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The Very Compelling Case for Baking With Melted Butter
Faster than waiting for room temp and easier to handle than straight from the freezer.
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Maximize Berry Season With This Very Adaptable Berries and Cream Toast
It’s as simple as cinnamon toast, but with a springy twist.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of April 2022
Proof that it can actually be quite easy (and delicious) eating green.
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How to Make Spam Musubi Without a Mold
Soy-slicked luncheon meat with sticky white rice and crisp nori. What could be better?
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For Super Flavorful Eggs, Fry Them in Leftover Fats
Your last dregs of sun-dried tomato oil and bacon grease have more to offer.
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How to Cut a Pineapple the Easy Way
Skip the TikTok trend, this simple method for cutting pineapple works every time.
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5 Ways One Chef Stops Food Scraps From Turning Into Food Waste
Chef Ismail Samad shares his tips and recipes for turning scraps into sustenance.
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This Brown Butter–Oyster Sauce Is the Umami Powerhouse to Put On Everything
It’s just two ingredients that you probably already have.
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The New Pantry Pasta Is Eric Kim’s Creamy Bucatini with Roasted Seaweed
If you haven’t been crumbling seaweed onto your pasta, what are you waiting for?
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3 Ways to Make Microwave Popcorn, Well, Pop
Hit pause on that movie night menu plan and read this first.
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34 Movie Night Snacks That Almost Steal the Show
Beyond the lights and the cameras, the real action is in the bowl in your lap.
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When You’re Craving a Late-Night Snack, Make Dorilocos
This Mexican street snack is about to make your Doritos a whole lot crazier.
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This Whipped Feta and Charred Scallion Dip Leaves French Onion in the ’90s
Thanks to lime juice and smoked paprika, she’s all grown up.
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When You Want Just a Little Cheesecake, Use a Loaf Pan
Baking cheesecake in a loaf pan allows you to make a half-batch whenever the mood strikes.
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What Is Jackfruit, the Meat Substitute Showing Up on Menus Everywhere?
How to buy, prep, and cook the largest fruit that grows on trees.
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How to Ripen Avocados When They’re Too Hard
You’ve been there: It’s the morning before you need to use an avocado, which is as solid as a rock. Don’t panic. There’s still hope.
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I Don’t Like Fruit Salad But I LOVE Fruit Chaat
The simple dressing makes any combination of fruit taste, well, fruitier.
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Velvety, Fragrant, and Rich, Badam Doodh Is My Favorite Ramadan Treat
Almond milk, but with regular milk.
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I’m a Professional Pastry Chef and Instant Pudding Mix Is My Secret Ingredient
Instant pudding mix is the key to no-cook pastry cream and no-weep whipped cream.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of March 2022
Are you normal, or did you spend your extra hours of daylight making a pink cake too?
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For Wok-Cooked Flavor Without the Wok, Toast Your Salt
Subtle, smoky, and so simple to make. (Thanks, Kenji.)
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53 Quick Lunch Recipes to Brighten the Workday
This is not the time for standing over a pot of risotto.
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How I Host Iftar Without Freaking Out
My tips—and my menu plan—for breaking the fast without the stress.
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Do You Really Need to Bake With a Scale?
I'm legally obligated to tell you the truth, even if you don't want to hear it.
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34 Tea Party Food Ideas That’ll Make You Feel Like a Queen
Tea cakes, trifles, and tartines—oh my!
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These Uttapam-Inspired Pancakes Are Tangy, Savory, and Satisfying
Savory breakfast lovers, come out to plaaay.
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Mushroom Powder Gets You Big Flavor in a (Literal) Pinch
Add it to soups, beans, sauces, braises, and baked goods—or sprinkle it right onto your tongue.
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There Is A Single Perfect Way to Improve Boxed Mac and Cheese
And it's inspired by Marcella Hazan.
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Pelau Tells the Story of Trinidad and Tobago Through One Delicious Dish
It encapsulates the richness of a multicultural society and its history of triumph and tragedy.
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Oil Your Measuring Cups And Never Scrape Sticky Ingredients Again
I spent 30 years measuring sticky ingredients like a fool.
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Choux Pastry Unlocks a Universe of Sweet and Savory Baking
This versatile pastry dough belongs at every meal.
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The Case for Cooking Vegetables Way Past the Point of Just Tender
Where others see overcooked vegetables I see perfectly cooked vegetables.
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When I Want Falafel But Don’t Want to Fry, I Bake a Falafel Cake
My lazy shortcut turned into a go-to weeknight meal.
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Make Beet Pesto From That One Shriveled Beet Haunting Your Refrigerator
You know exactly which beet we’re referring to.
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Your Bar Cart Looks Cute, but These Bottles of Alcohol Should Be in the Fridge
That vermouth from 2017 has gotta go.
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I Added Soy Sauce to My Brownies Out of Desperation—Now I'll Never Bake a Batch Without It
Soy sauce brings a depth of flavor that salt alone simply can't replicate.
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Some Say That Ginger Wine Fights Colds and Indigestion—But I Drink It Because It's Delicious
This caramel cordial is flavored with chiles, spices, ginger, and lime—so you know it's good.
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37 Broccoli Recipes You’ll Want to Make Tonight
Broccoli is a bonafide dinnertime hero. These recipes are proof.
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How to Cook Brown Rice Like a Pro
There’s no one way to do it, but these tried-and-true methods will set you up for brown rice success.
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Don't Sleep on This TikTok-Famous Phyllo Crinkle Cake
It's one of the best things you can do with store-bought phyllo dough.
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The Key to Creamy Cream-Free Soup Is Hiding in Your Pantry
How to get that creamy goodness without the dairy.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of February 2022
Otherwise known as 10 ways to make it through the rest of winter.