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Making Fresh Ceviche at Home Is Way Easier Than It Looks
Great ceviche is easy to make and nearly impossible to mess up. Here's how to do it.

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Make Rhubarb Galettes With Hazelnut Frangipane (and Say Hello, Spring)
Make a rhubarb galette. It's spring. It's practically a requirement.

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Guide to Garbage: How to Give New Life to Your Kitchen Scraps and Trash
Cut down on your kitchen waste by cooking smarter—here are our favorite ways to utilize scraps and otherwise compostable items.

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5 Ways to Shop and Cook Your Way to Less Food Waste (No Dumpster Diving Required)
A new documentary on wasted food shows just how much of our groceries are ending up in the trash. Here's how to be smarter about shopping and cooking, while also cutting down on your food waste.

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Bake a Crazy, Yin-Yang Black Sesame Banana Bread (Thanks, El Rey)
This isn't any banana bread. It's a black sesame banana bread.

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DIY Dim Sum: How to Make Authentic Soup Dumplings at Home
Making soup dumplings isn't hard. Okay, it kind of is. But this step-by-step video will teach you everything you need to know.

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How to Roll, Fill, and Pleat Your Way to Homemade Chinese Soup Dumplings
Set aside a leisurely weekend to make a batch of soup dumplings and prepare for everyone you know to marvel at your handiwork.
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How Not to Screw Up Beans in a Pressure Cooker
Pressure cookers are an amazing tool, if you know how to use 'em right.

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Give Us All the Green Things: How to Make a Spring Pesto
You can make pesto out of almost anything green and leafy, which makes spring the perfect time to experiment.

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Totally Non-Essential Kitchen Tools We Can't Live Without
We're serious about our kitchen gadgets, and everyone is opinionated about their favorite egg slicers and mandolines. Here are our favorites.

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How to Make the Best Not-Too-Sweet Key Lime Pie
The perfect key lime pie is a balance between tart and sweet.

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The Perfect Martini Requires 50 Stirs and It's Worth It
Audrey Saunders of the famed Pegu Club taught us how to make the perfect martini. Learn her magic.

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Messed Up Grits? Yeah, Us Too. Here's How Not To
Grits are easy to make...but finicky at the same time. The trick? Low and slow. Low and slow. Low and slow.

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Make Thin Mint Cookies at Home (They're Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Awesome)
Out of Girl Scout cookies? Don't sweat it. You can make them at home... Plus, this version is vegan and gluten-free.

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Braise the Roof all Spring Long With These Lighter, Brighter Recipes
Now that it's spring, you don't have to put away the Dutch oven. These braising recipes are light enough to cook all spring.
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6 Ways to Bring More Pork Awesomeness Into Your Life
Pork provides so much more joy than just bacon and barbecue. Chef Kevin Gillespie shares 6 awesome new ways to cook it.

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How to Never Make Gray and Rubbery Mushrooms Again
It's okay: Basic cooking mistakes happen. Even with mushrooms.

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6 Awesome Ways to Eat Scrambled Eggs for Breakfast
Scrambled eggs are a perfect weekday breakfast option—here are six great ways to cook them.

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The Spring Dessert You Need: How to Make an Elegant Rhubarb-Almond Cake
Rhubarb-Almond Cake is an easy and elegant springtime dessert. Learn how to make it in this video.

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Cook a Matzo Ball Soup That Will Make Your Bubbie Proud
A perfect matzo ball soup is rich and flavorful, while still being light and tender. Here's how to master the matzo.

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How to Not Screw Up Your Seared Salmon (Or Sautéed Onions!)
It's okay: Basic cooking mistakes happen. Even something as simple as a seared piece of fish.

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New Sweet Spots! Make Bien Cuit's Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies at Home
Senior food editor Alison Roman caught up with Zachary Golper of Bien Cuit to find out what’s inside of his stellar chocolate buckwheat cookies.

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Why You Should (Almost) Burn Your Cabbage
A little blackened magic turns humble cabbage into something incredibly delicious.

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Why You Should Be Deep-Frying Your $50 Steak (We're Not Kidding)
Don't be afraid to cook that $50 porterhouse steak—this method is fool-proof.

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How to Cook Fish with Crispy Skin, Every Time
There are a few necessary techniques to get perfectly crispy-skinned fish, every time. Chef Donald Link shows us the way.

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Make a Martini Like a Pro With Audrey Saunders
The hardest things to master are often the simplest. Take the martini.


