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The Pressure Cooker Turns Ribollita Into a Weeknight Meal

Daniel Gritzer

Personal Essays

Korean Sesame-Marinated Spinach is the Stuff of Side Dish Dreams

Sunny Lee

Recipes

Italian

The Pressure Cooker Turns Ribollita Into a Weeknight Meal

A pressure cooker makes this classic long-cooked recipe in record time.

Daniel Gritzer

Korean

Korean Sesame-Marinated Spinach is the Stuff of Side Dish Dreams

Easy, peasy, sesame-marinated greens.

Sunny Lee

Clams, Mussels, and Oysters

Steamy, Spicy, Speedy: Mussels With 'Nduja Are a Perfect Weeknight Meal

For the best brothy weeknight mussels, just add 'nduja.

Sasha Marx

Boost Your Mornings With a Milk-Powered Maple Matcha Latte

Move over coffee.

Serious Eats Partners

Beef

Save Hours on Brisket With a Pressure Cooker

Cooking brisket in a pressure cooker cuts down the cook time significantly.

Daniel Gritzer

Chinese

Fried Rice With Chinese Sausage, Cabbage, and Torch Hei

Make good fried rice great with a simple wok hei hack.

Tim Chin

Chinese

Stir-Fried Cucumbers With Trumpet Mushrooms and Torch Hei

A blowtorch adds smoky wok hei to this vegetarian stir fry.

Tim Chin

Beans and Pulses

’Nduja Gives This Easy Weeknight White Bean Stew a Funky, Spicy Twist

Beans and greens get a spicy, funky, porky boost.

Sasha Marx

How-Tos

Ingredient Guides

A Guide to 'Nduja: Italy's Funky, Spicy, Spreadable Salume

The magical salume that will change how you cook.

Elazar Sontag

Chinese

This Stir-Fry Hack Changes Everything

Chasing the elusive wok hei with a blowtorch.

Tim Chin

Indian

The Truth About Mustard Oil: Behind the "For External Use Only" Label

Mustard oil is a flavorful oil that belongs in every well-stocked pantry.

Nik Sharma

Christmas

The Best Roast Duck Breast Is Dry-Aged

Perfectly rosy roast duck.

Sasha Marx

Cooking Techniques

The 3 Best Ways to Cook Steak: A Pros and Cons List

Does any one method win on all counts? Let's see.

Daniel Gritzer

Cooking Techniques

How to Build a Sheet-Pan Dinner

Sheet-pan dinner possibilities are endless. Let these rules guide your way.

Daniel Gritzer

Chicken

7 Rules for a Better Rice Bowl

Build a better rice bowl.

Sho Spaeth

Baking

Icing on the Cake: A Guide to Basic Frosting Types

All the basic cake frostings and when to use them.

Stella Parks

What's Popular

Food History

The Real History of Hushpuppies

Forget those lazy origin stories. Here's how hushpuppies really got their name

Robert Moss

Cooking Techniques

The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Sous Vide Steak

The foolproof way to stunning steaks.

J. Kenji López-Alt

SE HQ

What it's Really Like to Live With a Food Nerd: Our Loved Ones Tell All

Is living with a Serious Eater all it's cracked up to be? Our partners and loved ones weigh in.

The Serious Eats Team

Cooking 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.

J. Kenji López-Alt

Apple

The Best Way to Prevent Cut Apples From Browning

Think lemon water's the best way to stop apple slices from browning? Think again.

Daniel Gritzer

Beans and Pulses

35 Recipes That Celebrate the Humble Bean

Beans, beans, good for your culinary art.

The Serious Eats Team

Beef

Stew Science: How to Choose the Best Cuts for Beef Stew

What's the best cut of beef for stew? Here's what you need to know.

Daniel Gritzer

Chicken

The Food Lab's Guide to Sous Vide Chicken Breast

The ultimate guide to perfect sous vide chicken breast.

J. Kenji López-Alt

Culture

Food Industry

What Is Fast Food?

Fast food explains who we are, inside and out.

Adam Chandler

Features

Ed Levine

SE HQ

What's Your Heartbreak Food?

All your V-Day heartbreak stories, in the comments below.

Elazar Sontag

Chicken

Get to Know Sichuan's "Strange Flavor" With Fuchsia Dunlop

They should have called it "freaking delicious flavor"—there's nothing strange about it.

Daniel Gritzer

Features

Friday Links & Hijinks

Another one on the books. Let's burn the books?

The Serious Eats Team

Podcast

Special Sauce: Supernatural Star Misha Collins

Part 1 of Ed Levine's conversation with actor and cookbook author Misha Collins.

Ed Levine

VIDEOS

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Cheese

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Breakfast and Brunch

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Korean

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One man's quest to discover why the packet of instant noodles beats the cup of instant noodles every time.

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It's time to stock up! You have until midnight tonight.

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Buying Guides

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Affordable gifts for the cooks, bakers, and eaters in your life.

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Editors' Picks

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Exploring the complexities of commercial vanilla extract and the failings of homemade.

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