Cooking Tips
Check that you have all the kitchen equipment necessary to make the turkey and other dishes on the menu. See our five essential kitchen tools for Turkey Day.
Guest
Thanksgiving tends to inject a little more urgency into cooking problems than your average weeknight dinner. Luckily there are a few services out there to help.
Michael Singer
Pick up some turkey wings on the way home from work, in preparation for making and freezing a big batch of turkey stock. Use our recipe for Golden Turkey Stock.
Guest
Here are six tips that will help you make perfect pancakes, courtesy of the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen.
Julia Bainbridge
Get Chef Daniel Angerer's easy breezy basic mustard recipe.
Julia Bainbridge
It's never too early to get organized. Take note of the "DO-AHEAD" tips in our Thanksgiving recipes and make a day-to-day schedule of of the prep work you can do ahead.
Guest
Here are two recipes to practice the theory of the fat-in-water emulsion (and arguably the greatest sauce on earth): mayonnaise.
Ian Knauer
Our Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide contains everything you'll need to pull off a fantastic holiday dinner.
Julia Bainbridge
Here are three steps to supreme-ing like a pro.
Lily Fink Harrington
Everyone knows how to open a bottle of wine, you say? Master Sommerlier Richard Betts has seen it done the wrong way a million times. Watch this video for how to do it properly.
Find out what the pros keep in their kitchens to help treat burns, cuts, and other battle wounds.
Julia Bainbridge
Who better to learn how to shuck an oyster from than the three-time Canadian oyster shucking champion John Bil?
Parent Earth, a website aimed at answering parents' questions about food and nutrition, launched last week with a full belly of how-to videos.
Julia Bainbridge
In honor of National Coffee Day, here are six great ways to cook and bake with coffee.
Julia Bainbridge
Here are five of Bon Appetit Test Kitchen wunderkind Sarah Tenaglia's tried-and-true tips for making the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.
Julia Bainbridge
For those of you who want to become a better cook, there's no way to talk about salad dressing without covering one of the greatest mysteries of cooking (and of the world, really): emulsification!
Ian Knauer
Don't think you have time to get more than a cup of burnt coffee in the morning? I'm here to help.
Lily Fink Harrington
We received countless grilling questions from readers over the course of the summer, and based on research we've done to answer them, we've boiled down the essentials to 10 rules of grilling.
Julia Bainbridge
Last time we covered the basics of modern fire cooking (aka: grilling). Since it's still grilling season, let's focus on one of everyone's favorite all-American summer treats: THE HAMBURGER!
Ian Knauer
With aromatic herbs always on hand, you can use less cream, oil, and salt in marinades and sauces. Here's how to keep these natural flavor boosters at the ready.
Elisa Huang
Find a few tricks of the trade I did learn in culinary school (and some I found out on my own) for grilling vegetables.
Lily Fink Harrington
When using charcoal, what's the best way to achieve and maintain your desired temperature?
Julia Bainbridge
Are there some types of fish that are better than others for grilling? What is the best way to keep the fish from drying out?
Julia Bainbridge
We have been using the power of fire to cook food for a long, long time. But there are some simple ideas and techniques that will elevate your skills above our Cro-Magnon ancestors, at least culinarily.
Ian Knauer