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Japanese

How to Make Shio Ramen ("Salt-Flavored" Ramen)

A light, clear ramen broth flavored with salt and lemon.
Chocolate

How to Make Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies, à la Levain

Abandon all decorum with cookies as big as your face.
Techniques

One Part Pancake, One Part Matzo Brei, All Parts Delicious

Two ingredients become tasty golden medallions in just minutes, perfect for Passover or any time.
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What to Cook for Your Festive Easter Feasts
Chinese

How to Make XO Sauce, the Cook’s Condiment

Expand your condiment world with this umami-rich sauce that's good on everything.
Techniques

How to Clean Candy (and Other Sticky Stuff) From a Pot

Never scrub a dirty pot of caramel or fudge again!
Techniques

No Dairy, No Problem: Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

Devil's food without the dairy can be yours, with help from a couple of not-so-secret ingredients.
Fried Chicken

How to Make Sous Vide Chicken Wings

A modern cooking method subtly improves on an already perfect food.

Cocktail Recipes

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Equipment and Product Reviews
Videos

10 Supermarket Chocolate Chips for Better Cookies and Pancakes

Graduate from that yellow bag with a new class of chocolate chips.
Editors' Picks

The Chef's Press: A Kitchen Tool That's Worth the Weight

More contact between your food and the cooking surface means more flavor.
Candy

Our Favorite Chocolate Easter Bunnies, Eggs, and More

The most delicious chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, and other classic Easter candy from our taste test.
Equipment

Get 45% Off Our Favorite (Already Affordable) Cuisinart Dutch Oven

An enameled cast iron Dutch oven is an essential for home cooks. Today, our favorite budget pick is on super sale.
Buying Guides

The Best Cooking Tools for Kids of All Ages

Useful tools for cooking with kids of all ages.
Equipment

Today's Best Cookware Deals: Staub, ThermoWorks, and Instant Pot

Get an Instant Pot for $80, and more.
Equipment Reviews

The Best Electric Griddles for Crowd-Size Cooking

We tested electric griddles of all styles and price points to find our favorites.
Buying Guides

The Best Tools Under $50 for Prep, Cooking, and Baking

Affordable investments to upgrade your home kitchen.

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.

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Features

Podcast

Kwame Onwuachi on Special Sauce: Notes From a Young Black Chef

Kith/Kin chef Kwame Onwuachi on the high of cooking for others.
Podcast

Special Sauce: Allison and Matt Robicelli on Moving to Baltimore

Part 2 of the Special Sauce interview with Allison and Matt Robicelli.
Personal Essays

Merry Black Day: Canoodling on Korea’s Anti-Valentine’s Holiday

In romance-obsessed South Korea, singles get one day a year to wallow in shared misery—and noodles.
Videos

The Spring Recipes We Can't Wait to Make (and Eat)

Spring is in the air, and these lighter, more refreshing recipes are in our minds.
Podcast

Matt and Allison Robicelli on Cupcakes and the Bonds of Suffering

The couple behind the food podcast The Robicelli Argument Clinic makes us laugh and cry in equal doses.
Podcast

Special Sauce: Tommy Tomlinson on Asking for Help When You Need It

Part 2 of Ed Levine's conversation with author Tommy Tomlinson.
Ramen

Saying Goodbye to the Most Exciting Ramen Restaurant in the Country

An ode to one of the best ramen shops in the United States.
Vietnamese

These Dried Worms Make Pho Taste Great

Sa sung are dried seaworms used to flavor pho broth in Vietnam.

The Food Lab
Videos

How to Roast Mushrooms

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

How to Roast Carrots and Parsnips

Nothing like a roasted root.
Techniques

The Food Lab: Batter and Breading Basics for Frying

Learn to pick and choose breadings and batters like a pro.
The Food Lab

The Food Lab: Japanese-Style Tempura

Learn to make tempura (almost) like a master.
The Food Lab

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

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

The Food Lab: How to Organize Your Refrigerator

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

The Food Lab: How to Steam Vegetables in the Microwave

There are few kitchen tools more misunderstood than the microwave.
Techniques

Chacarero Chileno, a Steak Sandwich as Delicious as It Is Unlikely

A steak sandwich that's as delicious as it is unlikely.