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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 the Sake of Baristas and Bartenders Everywhere, Don’t Dump Sugar Into Your Cold Drinks
Simple syrup is the smartest way to sweeten any cold drink.


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Is It Ever Appropriate to Rinse Pasta or Noodles?
Hint: If the answer were “no,” we wouldn’t have this whole article!


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7 Holi Recipes to Celebrate the Coming of Spring
The Hindu festival of colors and love represents the triumph of good over evil—and is the perfect excuse to make these snacks from chef Preeti Mistry.
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Capers Are Good. Fried Capers Are Better
It follows the logic that most things improve upon being fried.

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Patatas Revolconas Are Garlicky, Porky Potatoes
Some of Spain's signature flavors, wrapped up in one super-comforting dish.

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Eggs Are Temperamental And Must Be Tempered
Unless you want bits of scrambled egg in your ice cream or soup?

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Wondering What To Eat When Sick? May These 41 Recipes Be Thy Medicine
Nothing makes us feel better than these comforting bowls and bevs.
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Borani Kadoo Is the Perfect Combo of Sweet Squash and Garlicky Yogurt
Borani is your template for making any cooked vegetable much more delicious.

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Spinach Namul Is How I Eat A Whole Bunch of Greens in One Sitting
Nearly any vegetable can benefit from this classic Korean treatment.

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Ginger-Garlic Paste Is the Ultimate Base-Marinade-Batter-Rub
Chef Meherwan Irani on the two-ingredient mixture that makes almost everything taste better.

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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of February 2021
Cozy soups, comfy carbs, and a honkin’ load of cheese.
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Mamajuana Is a Low-Effort Cocktail Project That Pays Off Big Time
Assemble this traditional, spicy-sweet Dominican bottle-infused cocktail once. Drink it all year long.


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100 Lunch Ideas on What the Heck to Pack for Work
Are you in a lunch rut? We can help you out.

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My Version of Meal Prep is Making Big-Batch Martinis
A big-batch drink is way more fun than a dozen hard-boiled eggs.


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5 Techniques for Mastering Your Spice Cabinet
Learn these basic skills and start getting more from your kitchen’s most versatile ingredients.
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These 6 Filipinx Recipes Turn Pantry Staples Into a Cozy Winter Menu
How chef Melissa Miranda of Seattle’s Musang creates deeply flavorful dishes with a handful of heavy-lifting ingredients.
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How to Make Fresh Ricotta So You'll Never Be Far From Cheese
Forget “love”: All you need is milk, acid, and salt.

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Working From Home Means I Can Finally Eat Messy Toast for Lunch
The second my webcam turns off, I’m piling on the toppings—and ignoring the mess.

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These 7 Sandwiches Will Save You From Your Lunch Rut
A few of our favorite home cooks, authors, and chefs share their go-to sandwich combos for busy weekdays.

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When Lunch Feels Too Hard, Make Peanut Butter Noodles
Hearty, delicious, and satisfying, these throw-together noodles won’t feel like you’ve given up—even if you already have.

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13 Ways to Make Lunch Your Favorite Meal of the Day
Everything you need to make the most out of your midday meal—whether you have the whole hour or just five minutes.
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These Oniony, Meat-Filled Dumplings Are My Bubbe's Greatest Culinary Legacy
Simmer kreplach in broth or crisp them and serve with mustard.

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37 Citrus Recipes to Put Some Pep in Your Winter Step
Make the most of vitamin C-son.
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If You Love Reese’s, You’ll Go Wild For Buckeyes
They also make a great “I-definitely-did-NOT-forget-Valentine’s-Day” gift.

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What Is Tofu? Plus, So Much More Info We Can’t Fit in This Headline
How to buy it, how to cook it, and when to press it (plus what to do when you absolutely don’t have time for that).
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When You See Five-Spice Doufu Gan, Grab It!
With this flavor-packed braised tofu in the fridge, you’re moments away from a meal.


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May These 35 Winter Squash Recipes Light the Way to Spring
Make the most of your cold weather produce.
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Two-Ingredient Chewy, Stretchy, Go-Anywhere Dumplings
The satisfying chew of mochi + tofu’s soft quiver.

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This Is a Silken Tofu Appreciation Article
Five very good reasons to always keep silken tofu around.

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Silken Tofu Lavished With Toppings Is My Ideal Meal
Hiyayakko is joyful, decadent, endlessly customizable, and no-cook too.

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This Freestyle Nachos Recipe Is My Winning Lunch Strategy
A kid-friendly route to eating vegetables.

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How to Make Crispy Tofu in 5 Steps
Just because it comes packed in water doesn’t mean you can’t get it golden brown.

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There Are So Many Types of Tofu: Which Should You Use?
Tofu can be bamboozling to buy. Here's what you need to know.

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Sushi Bake Is the Lockdown Trend I’ll Never Stop Making
Good for dinner at home now, great for (eventual) potlucks in the future.

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Turn Your Confounding Produce Into Gorgeous Georgian Pkhali
Some people think of them as vegetable pâtés or dips; I think of them as smearable salads.

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I Bought Too Many Avocados (as Usual)—But They Won’t Go Bad on My Watch
Here's how I'm making the most of my green gold.
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For Nutty, Toasty Grains That Don’t Clump or Glom, Toast Them First
This one little step yields big improvements.

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This Tangy Stir-Fry is the Fastest Way To Turn a Head of Cabbage into Dinner
Memorize this stir-fry sauce.


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I Make a LOT of Granola and This Is By Far My Favorite
This recipe is proof that granola doesn’t need 1 million ingredients to be delicious.

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These 71 Meaty Super Bowl Snacks Are the Real Winners
Be the champion…of your snack game.
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Porotos Con Riendas Is the Stew to End All Stews
This beloved Chilean dish has squash, spaghetti, and beans—what more do you want?

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When You Have A Glut of Vegetables and No Ideas, Make Polpette
These Italian vegetable fritters can be made from any kind of vegetable and baked, shallow-fried, or deep-fried.

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Chef Maricela Vega Shows Us How to Love Eating Plants in the Winter
The secret to creating delicious, filling vegan meals in the middle of February? Do like the ancestors did—work with what you got

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Honestly, What Can’t Tamarind Do?
This sweet-sour Indian pantry staple makes everything better.

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If You’ve Failed at Cooking Rice on the Stove, Try Your Oven
The hands-off, no-stress route to fluffy grains.



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The 2021 Feel Good Food Plan
We're starting the new year with eight days of bright, bold meals.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of December 2020
Our readers’ favorite cookies, cakes, and cocktails of the month.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of 2020
All the slow-cooked vegetables, slurpable noodles, and loaf cakes we obsessed over this year.
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This Almost-Instant Lox Is Ready in One Hour (!)
The fastest route to making salty, fatty, cured salmon at home.