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Carrot

Carrot Salad Gets a Makeover With a Shave and a Pickle

Shaved and pickled carrots, tossed in a lightly spiced yogurt dressing and studded with tart barberries.

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Carrot

Carrot Salad With Yogurt, Ghee, and Barberry Dressing

Shaved and pickled carrot, tossed in a spice-scented dressing studded with tart barberries and fresh dill.

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Buying Guides

Should You Buy a Food Mill or a Ricer? (It Depends.)

Food mill or ricer—which one does your kitchen need?

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Cooking Techniques

The Best Way to Make Popcorn

We tested four methods of popping corn to determine which is the best.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Saganaki: Set Fire to the Cheese, Watch It Burn

The Greek dish of saganaki gets a sweet and nutty twist from walnuts and honey.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Saganaki With Walnut Vinaigrette (Greek Pan-Fried Cheese)

The classic Greek cheese dish gets an upgrade with walnuts and honey.

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Baking

Spicy, Sweet, Tart, and Savory, This Eggplant Side Goes With Any Meal

Eggplant bakes up tender and charred in this curry-rubbed dish.

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Baking

Spiced Eggplant With Tomato and Mustard Seeds

An easy eggplant dish, made tart, hot, and sweet from spices, vinegar, and tomato.

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Cooking Techniques

How to Make Rice in the Microwave

Use your microwave to cook small batches of rice without a stovetop or rice cooker.

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Easter

Broiled Whole Porgy With Blistered Shishito and Tomato

A complete dinner for two for any night of the week.

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Fish

Need an Easy Weeknight Sheet-Pan Dinner? Buy a Couple Fish

Dinner is just a broiled fish away.

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Ingredient Guides

To Bloom or Not to Bloom: How to Get the Most Out of Saffron

Three ways to add saffron to any dish.

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Coffee

Hello, Frappés: How to Make the Frothy Iced Coffee Drink

How to make the frothy, Greek ice coffee at home.

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Coffee

Frappé (Foamy Iced Coffee)

How to make the Greek iced coffee drink at home.

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Garlic

What Is a Garlic Germ, and Should You Remove It?

Taste-testing garlic with and without the germ to see if it makes a difference.

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Tarts

Eggplant Gets Tarted Up for Summer, With Help From Frozen Puff Pastry

Frozen puff pastry makes a crisp crust for an eggplant, cheese, nigella, and honey tart.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Eggplant Tart With Goat Cheese, Honey, and Nigella

Buttery puff pastry bakes up into a golden crust for eggplant, honey, and cheese.

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Roasting

Roasted-Tomato “Raisins” Are Sweet and Savory and Go With Anything

Here's another way to preserve summer tomatoes—roast them into sweet tomato "raisins."

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Condiments and Sauces

Tomato Raisins (Oven-Dried Whole Cherry Tomatoes)

Here's another way to preserve summer tomatoes—as olive oil smothered tomato raisins.

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Techniques

Elotes Meet Risotto al Salto in an All-Star Mashup

Risotto met elotes, and 15 minutes later, this beautiful baby was born.

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Cheese

Riselotes al Salto (Elote-Flavored Risotto Pancake)

Riselotes—the love child of creamy corn risotto and Mexican street corn.

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Techniques

This Tomato and Caper Spread Is a Taste of Summer, Whenever You Like

Sweet oven-roasted tomatoes, salty capers, and extra-virgin olive oil come together in this simple spread.

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Baking

Roasted-Tomato and Caper Spread

Sick of sauce? Here's another way to preserve your summer tomato haul.

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Valentine's Day

Brown-Butter Old Fashioned

Rich browned butter gives this classic cocktail a nutty twist.

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Corn

Pressure Cooker Corn Risotto Cooks in Four Minutes, Tastes Like Summer

Pops of sweet corn kernels run through this creamy risotto for a bright taste of summer.

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Cheese

Pressure Cooker Corn Risotto

Sweet corn and salty pecorino cheese come together in this simple no-stir pressure cooked risotto.

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Coconut

No-Cook Watermelon Summer Rolls Are the Easiest Way to Beat the Heat

Sweet and juicy watermelon gets a kick from Thai green chilies in these refreshing summer rolls.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Summer Rolls With Jicama, Watermelon, and Herbs

These summer rolls get their refreshing crunch from juicy watermelon and jicama.

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How-Tos

How to Make Paratha, the Flaky, Buttery South Asian Flatbread

A flaky, buttery, and crisp flatbread that goes with everything and is good on its own.

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Bread

Paratha (Flaky South Asian Flatbread)

How to make the golden, crispy, chewy South Asian flatbread with flaky layers.

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Mains

Flank Steak With Bitter Greens and Peaches Is a One-Pan Wonder

Need an easy weeknight dinner? This dish uses the brown bits left after searing flank steak to dress up some bitter greens.

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Gluten-Free

Pan-Seared Flank Steak With Peaches and Dandelion Greens

Bitter greens and sweet peaches are the perfect match for meaty and flavorful pan-seared flank steak.

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Techniques

Summer Like a Spaniard With Watermelon Gazpacho

Watermelon adds a sweet twist to this refreshing summer classic.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Watermelon Gazpacho With Calabrian-Chili Crema

Light and sweet watermelon gazpacho gets a little kick from Calabrian chili–spiked crema.

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Knife Skills

How to Cut Watermelon

How to pick a ripe watermelon and cut it into cubes and slices.

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Pistachios

Kanafeh Is the Crispy, Gooey, Nutty, Syrupy Dessert for Cheese Lovers

Crispy shredded phyllo encases cheese and clotted cream in this traditional Middle Eastern syrup-soaked pastry.

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Baking

Kanafeh (Middle Eastern Cheese and Phyllo Dessert)

For the best of salty and sweet, kanafeh combines buttery phyllo and gooey cheese in a floral syrup-soaked pastry.

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Baking

Eat Your Greens! The Best Spanakopita Has More Than Just Spinach

Layers of flaky phyllo wrap up mixed greens and salty feta in this savory Greek pie.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Spanakopita (Greek Savory Greens Pie)

Use up whatever greens you have on hand in this revamped spanakopita.

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Equipment Reviews

The Best Ice Cream Makers

The best homemade ice cream needs a good ice cream maker.

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Techniques

Chili Salt Makes These Tamarind Popsicles a Grown-Up Treat

A homemade popsicle homage to Pelon Pelo Rico.

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Gluten-Free

Tamarind and Palm Sugar Popsicles With Chili Salt

Tart tamarind, smoky palm sugar, and hot cayenne get together in this popsicle inspired by the Pelon Pelo Rico candy.

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Baking

Baking Sheets and Cooling Racks Belong in Every Kitchen

Not just for cooling cookies: wire racks have countless uses in the savory kitchen.

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Ginger

A Tamarind and Ginger Glaze Makes These Chicken Wings Fly

These easy baked wings let a flavorful dried chili paste do all the work, growing aromatic and sticky in the oven.

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Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Baked Chicken Wings With Tamarind-Ginger Glaze

A spicy-sweet change of pace from typical wings.

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Indian

Bhuna Is the Curry Sauce Your Weeknight Meals Are Missing

Fried fish steaks smothered in a bright onion and tomato curry.

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Deep Frying

Bengali-Style Fried Fish in Onion and Tomato Curry (Fish Bhuna)

A brightly spiced tomato and onion curry that's perfect for fried fish steaks, or just about anything else.

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Condiments and Sauces

Just Add Water: How to Make a Pan Sauce, and How to Fix a Broken One

It takes just a couple tricks and techniques to make sure no fond gets left behind.

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