The Adult Brownie from the Bay Area-based supermarket chain Andronico's doesn't contain alcohol, tobacco, or any other "adult" ingredients. It's just a super dense, fudgy chocolate brick spiked with sea salt and coffee. And it's incredibly addictive. More

Editor's note: On Thursdays, Gretchen VanEsselstyn of Chile Pepper Magazine drops by to drop some serious heat. Today, serious heat in an unexpected place. Here at Chile Pepper, we use hot sauce in everything--even dessert. These are some of our... More

When I was a kid, my mom often put a homemade brownie in my lunchbox along with a ham and cheese sandwich, a handful of grapes, and a small bag of Cape Cod potato chips. Not surprisingly, these remain some... More

This brownie was created by Brooks Headley, executive pastry chef at Del Posto in New York City. If you don't want to splurge on the aceto balsamico tradizionale, you can try reducing a supermarket balsamic vinegar in a nonreactive saucepan. Just be careful in the reduction--let it go too long, and your saucepan is toast. More

Today's Cook the Book recipe, adapted from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book, is for Brooklyn Brownout Cake, basically a chocolate-lover's one-stop shop for chocomadness. Even though the cake as a whole might seem to take more than a bit of... More

This week's Cook the Book is a little different—and sweeter—than most. Usually, we feature one book the entire week, excerpting adapted recipes as the days go by. This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, we've put together a list of... More

This week's Cartoon Kitchen features Serious Eats' cartoonist in residence Larry Gonick's spin on filbert brownies. —Ed Levine Filbert Brownies... More