Techniques

In our series, "Win a Cookbook," we give you a preview of a cookbook we love, then let you vote for the recipe you most want us a reveal. This week: Baked Explorations.

In the long run, cooking at home is more economical and more healthy. But it's hard to motivate in February. Here are some some can't-miss recipes using ingredients you won't have to trash.

Watch French baker Vincent Talleu make hundreds of delicious pastries.

You can make dinner at home for next to nothing (we're talking less than $5/serving). Here are some strategies for making weeknight dinners quick, easy, and inexpensive after the jump.

Roll up your sleeves this holiday season and try your hand at our most requested recipe.

We gave you a sneak peek at three photos taken of recipes from The Gourmet Cookie Book. You voted for your favorite, and now we're ready to reveal the winning recipe: Glittering Lemons Sandwich Cookies.

Tis the season to bake (and eat) cookies. Check out our slideshow of 31 all-time holiday favorites--one for every day in December.

A Hanukkah pro shares her tips for preparing latkes ahead for a crowd.

Enjoy your leftovers! Here are three creative ways to use Thanksgiving turkey leftovers and ideas for reusing other holiday dishes

If you've followed our advice, today should be a breeze.

For the placement of the utensils, as I learned from Emily Post, just remember the word FORKS.

A roast Thanksgiving turkey is one of life's greatest pleasures. But after the feast and the second helpings of pie, after the football games in the leaves and the naps by the fire, what do you do with the leftover five pounds of meat? Here are three delicious and simple ideas to help transform next-day turkey into another great meal.

Hit the supermarket early in the day to shop for perishables.

Thanksgiving prep: Thaw frozen pie crusts and make soups and store in a covered container in the fridge.

If you didn't already make and freeze turkey stock, do so today.

Go through your assorted flatware, glassware, serving pieces, and table linens to see what you need to dry-clean, press, or shine, and what you will need to buy.

Day 6 of our three-week countdown to Thanksgiving. Get organized so that the day of the feast is easy and relaxed.

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.

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.

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.

Here are six tips that will help you make perfect pancakes, courtesy of the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen.

Get Chef Daniel Angerer's easy breezy basic mustard recipe.

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.

Here are two recipes to practice the theory of the fat-in-water emulsion (and arguably the greatest sauce on earth): mayonnaise.

Our Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide contains everything you'll need to pull off a fantastic holiday dinner.