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Portland, OR

A Chefs' Guide to Eating Out in Portland, Oregon

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Author Tom Roston on Post-9/11 New York as Victim and Survivor

Ed Levine

Cooking Techniques

Cookies

Cookie Science: The Importance of Scraping Your Bowl

When one or two cookies spread, brown, and rise differently from the rest, don't blame the oven—brush up on your technique!

Mains

Basque in the Glory of Grilled Whole Turbot

Turbot-charge your grilled-whole-fish game.

Techniques

Get Your Tentacles on Some Octopus and Cook It Perfectly at Home

There's no mystery to cooking octopus, whether sous vide, stovetop, or in a pressure cooker.

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Snacks

Elotes + XO = XOtes

Another riff on Mexican street corn, this time with XO sauce.

Techniques

Stuff Your Face With Roman Rice-Stuffed Tomatoes

The hunt for the perfect recipe meant ignoring what other recipes say to do.

Stovetop

This Creamy Uni Pasta Is the Carbonara of the Sea

Rich and briny, this simple uni preparation has all the creaminess of a good pasta carbonara.

Mains

The Secret to a Better Burst-Tomato Pasta: XO Sauce

The right condiment can be a weeknight dinner savior.

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Personal Essays

How I Got My Toddler Interested in Food and Cooking

All kids are picky eaters at least some of the time. The key is to work with the pickiness, not against it.

Ingredient Guides

A Guide to Salt, the World’s Most Popular Food

The most essential ingredient in everyone's kitchen, explained.

Staff Picks

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If you work with food for a living, that just means you have way more opportunities to screw things up.

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Techniques

The Food Lab: The Reverse Sear Is the Best Way to Cook a Steak, Period

Everything you need to know about the best way to cook a steak, indoors or out.

Techniques

How to Make the Best Chicken Stock

A simple, flavorful stock that's easy to make at home and can upgrade all sorts of dishes.

Sous Vide

The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Sous Vide Steak

The foolproof way to stunning steaks.

Portland, OR

A Chefs' Guide to Eating Out in Portland, Oregon

Seven of Portland, Oregon's top chefs weigh in on the best places to grab a bite (or a drink) in the Rose City.

Features

Features

Your Friday Moment of Zen

You made it! Now for a deep breath.

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Podcast

Author Tom Roston on Post-9/11 New York as Victim and Survivor

Ed continues his conversation with author Tom Roston about the profound impact of 9/11 on the Windows on the World family.

Personal Essays

How I Got My Toddler Interested in Food and Cooking

All kids are picky eaters at least some of the time. The key is to work with the pickiness, not against it.

Ingredient Guides

A Guide to Salt, the World’s Most Popular Food

The most essential ingredient in everyone's kitchen, explained.

Staff Picks

"Oh, @%#^": Our Most Embarrassing Kitchen Fails

If you work with food for a living, that just means you have way more opportunities to screw things up.

Features

Your Friday Moment of Zen

Take a deep breath.

Podcast

Tom Roston on the Untold Stories of Windows on the World

Author Tom Roston on the famous restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center, and the lives in its orbit that were lost on 9/11.

Cocktail Recipes

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Videos

Serious Eats

VIDEOS

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Equipment and Product Reviews

Burger

The Best Imitation-Meat Burgers (Including the Impossible, and Beyond)

The best meat-replacement burgers, tested.

Beer and Wine

The Best Universal Wine Glasses

We tested 10 universal wine glasses to see which ones perform best with red, white, and sparkling wines.

Editors' Picks

The Best Supermarket Black Bean Burgers

We tasted seven black bean veggie burgers to find out which patty reigns supreme in 2019.

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Vegetarian

The Best Supermarket Veggie Burgers

Which vegetable-based, "garden-style" veggie burger reigns supreme in 2019?

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Take It All Off: Are Corn Strippers Worth It?

Corn strippers: how do they work?

Recipe Roundups

The Nerds With Knives Wrote a Cookbook!

Nine recipes to celebrate the release of Cork and Knife, Emily and Matt Clifton's flavor-packed new cookbook.

Equipment Reviews

The Best Steak Knives

We cooked and sliced a whole lotta meat to find the best steak-knife sets around.

Special Sauce Podcast

Welcome to Special Sauce, a James Beard–nominated podcast hosted by Serious Eats founder Ed Levine. Join us each week for intimate conversations about food and life between Ed and well-known food lovers like Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, and Chris Kimball.

Recipe Roundups

Recipe Roundups

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Apple slices and honey may be the most traditional symbols of prosperity, but adding an extra dessert to the mix must mean extra good luck, right?

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23 Fresh Fennel Recipes That Everyone Will Love

If you're a fennel skeptic, these recipes will bring you over to the delicious side.

The Food Lab

The Food Lab

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We answer the question, what would a Food Lab video series look like?

Techniques

How to Roast Mushrooms

A properly roasted mushroom is meaty, intense, and deeply flavored.

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How to Roast Carrots and Parsnips

Nothing like a roasted root.

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The Food Lab: Batter and Breading Basics for Frying

Learn to pick and choose breadings and batters like a pro.

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The Food Lab: Japanese-Style Tempura

Learn to make tempura (almost) like a master.

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The Food Lab: The Realest-Deal Kung Pao Chicken (Gong Bao Ji Ding)

A trip to China leads to an even more "authentic" recipe.

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The Food Lab: How to Organize Your Refrigerator

How to set up the contents of your fridge for maximum efficiency.

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The Food Lab: How to Steam Vegetables in the Microwave

There are few kitchen tools more misunderstood than the microwave.