Equipment 11 Microwave Shortcuts Every Home Cook Should Know The shame-free guide to putting your microwave to good use. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Pasta The Pasta-Themed Soundtrack We've All Been Waiting For Six pasta-centric songs to groove to for Starch Madness. Niki Achitoff-Gray
SE HQ What's Your Kitchen Kryptonite? Have a cooking-related fear? You're not alone. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Duck How to Get the Most Dang for Your Duck: A (Very) Serious Eats Project Get ready to nerd out on duck all month long. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Desserts 20 Sweet, Sweet Homemade Food Gifts for the Holidays Homemade edible gifts to satisfy any sweet tooth, for a deliciously DIY holiday season. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Editors' Picks Transform Your Small, Crappy Apartment With a Countertop Dishwasher The perfect gift for the messy, dishwasher-bereft small-apartment dweller. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Menus A Classic Thanksgiving Menu to Feed a Crowd If a fully traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, potatoes, and pie is what you're after, this is the menu you need. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Editors' Picks Take It All Off: Are Corn Strippers Worth It? Corn strippers: how do they work? Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features Look Inside Serious Eater: The Full Prologue Haven't yet gotten your hands on Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption? Here's the full prologue to get you started. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Books Read Kenji's Foreword to Serious Eater, Available for Preorder Now Ed Levine's new memoir, Serious Eater, tells the unvarnished, riveting story of Serious Eats over the years. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Books Find Your Signature Holiday Cocktail With This Be Your Own Bartender Flowchart Make finding the perfect holiday drink fun and interactive—with flowcharts! Niki Achitoff-Gray
Father's Day What We're Cooking This Father's Day A look at what the Serious Eats team is making for our dads this Father's Day. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Books Win a Copy of The One-Bottle Cocktail by Serious Eats' Maggie Hoffman A collection of 83 bar-worthy cocktails designed with the home mixologist in mind. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Apple Traditional Ashkenazi Charoset With Apples and Walnuts A straightforward mix of apples, toasted walnuts, and sweet red wine, with some sugar and cinnamon tossed in for good measure. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Chinese A Day in the Life of a Dim Sum Cart If you were a dim sum cart, what would you see? Niki Achitoff-Gray
African Ghanaian Chicken and Peanut Stew (Groundnut Soup) A rich, creamy, and hearty stew. Niki Achitoff-Gray
African Ghanaian Goat and Tripe Peanut Stew (Groundnut Soup) Savory, earthy, and deeply flavored. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features Our Favorite Retro Food Commercials Join us on an oh-so-catchy trip down memory lane. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features Obsessed: Resurrecting the Art of Fresh Pasta An Italian artisanal pasta-maker on the importance of flour. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Eggs What to Do With Leftover Egg Whites Stuck with a big bowl of egg whites after a baking project? Here are our favorite ways to use them up. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features What You're Cooking: The Most Popular Posts of 2016 The articles you clicked on most in 2016. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Ingredient Guides Use Gelatin to Improve Pan Sauces, Store-Bought Stocks, and Beyond Jell-O's just the tip of the iceberg: Here's everything you can do with a packet of gelatin. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Bread Forget Stale Bread: How to Oven-Dry Bread for Faster, More Flavorful Thanksgiving Stuffing Why waste time staling your bread when the oven will get you better, faster results every time? Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features 5 Surprising Ways Baking Soda Can Improve Your Cooking Think baking soda is only good for baking and odor prevention? Think again. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Chicken For the Crispiest Chicken (and Turkey) Skin, Grab the Baking Powder Shatteringly crisp poultry skin is just a sprinkle away. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features Everything You Can Do With a Bottle of Fish Sauce The Southeast Asian condiment can add unique, savory complexity to dishes of any provenance. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Cooking Techniques How the Science of Salt Can Improve Your Tomatoes The very best tomatoes can be vastly improved with just one simple ingredient. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features A Mexican-Themed Picnic to Kick Off Summer Tacos and margaritas on the grass? Yes, please. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Chinese Fresh Water Chestnuts Are a Thing, and They're Amazing Fresh water chestnuts are a world apart from the canned variety. Here's how to prepare them. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado 9 No-Cook Twists on Avocado Toast Delicious ways to dress up the (deservedly trendy) snack. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Boquerones and Smoked Paprika A creamy, smoky, tart, and briny tapas-inspired avocado toast. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Frank's RedHot and Blue Cheese The flavor of Buffalo wings, without the chicken. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Cucumber, Soy Sauce, and Shichimi Togarashi A crisp and crunchy Japanese-inspired twist on avocado toast. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Mango, Chili Powder, and Mint Juicy, tart mangoes, chili powder, and avocado: a no-cook match made in heaven. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Smoked Salmon, Goat Cheese, and Capers All the flavors of a bagel and lox combine in this take on avocado toast. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Radishes, Baby Peas, and Fresh Herbs Springtime flavors come together in this open-faced sandwich of avocado, radishes, and peas. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Chipotle Mayo, Cotija Cheese, Cilantro, and Lime This Mexican-inspired take on avocado toast gets a dash of creamy heat from homemade chipotle mayo. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Ricotta, Olive Oil, Lemon Zest, and Basil A summery snack or light lunch, no cooking required. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Avocado Avocado Toast With Citrus Suprèmes and Slivered Fennel Avocados, tart-sweet citrus segments, and thinly sliced fennel make a light and refreshing open-faced sandwich. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Features Marinate Tough Greens, Use Fresh Herbs, and More Pro Tips for Better Salads Niki Achitoff-Gray
Breakfast and Brunch Beyond Oatmeal: Everything You Can Do With Oats Say good-bye to bland oatmeal! Satisfying smoothies, nutty-sweet pancakes, and porridge mix-ins to shake up your morning routine. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Cooking Techniques How to Wrap Your Sandwiches for Better Eating on the Go Turns out it's crazy easy and crazy handy. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Cooking Techniques How to Build a Better Sandwich: The Experts Weigh In The core components of the lunchtime staple, with expert recommendations for each and every one. Niki Achitoff-Gray
Father's Day Filthy, Sopping-Wet Martini Salty-smooth and crisp: an extra-dirty take on the traditional martini. Niki Achitoff-Gray