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Kitchen Tips

How to Keep Thanksgiving Gravy Warm (Without Hogging a Burner)

Keep your gravy nice and hot with immersion circulators, slow cookers, and more

How-Tos

Kanuchi and the Search for a Native American Soup for Thanksgiving

Is a recipe appropriate for Thanksgiving merely because it's Native American?

Cooking Techniques

Calm, Cool, Collected: The Only Way to Jelly Roll

The easiest and most effective method for ensuring a jelly roll won't crack or tear.

How-Tos

Make the Day After Turkey Day Ramen Day

Thanksgiving leftovers get the ramen treatment.

Cooking Techniques

Baking

Calm, Cool, Collected: The Only Way to Jelly Roll

The easiest and most effective method for ensuring a jelly roll won't crack or tear.

Chicken

The Food Lab Video Series: The Science of Spatchcocking

Breaking down the best way to roast chicken.

The Food Lab

The Food Lab Video Series: Cookies

Join Kenji Lopez-Alt and Katie Quinn as they break down the science behind our excellent chocolate chip cookies.

Brussels Sprouts

How to Trim and Cut Brussels Sprouts

How to cut up those tiny cabbages.

Ingredient Guides

Ingredient Guides

Get to Know Culantro, the Herb That's More Cilantro-y Than Cilantro

Like cilantro, but turned up to 11.

Pork

Bacon, Pancetta, and More: How to Cook With Cured Pork Products

When (and when not) to use guanciale, bacon, pancetta, and salt pork.

Rice

Jasmine, Basmati, Sticky, and Beyond: The Serious Eats Guide to Rice

What it is, where it came from, and a guide to rice varieties you might find in your supermarket.

Ingredient Guides

Everything You Should Know About Yams

You'll never mix up yams and sweet potatoes again.

Equipment

Kitchen Tips

Why You Shouldn't Use Nonstick Cookware (Most of the Time)

A couple nonstick skillets are all you really need.

Kitchen Tips

Hack Your Way to a Bigger Stovetop, No Renovation Required

Maximize your range's cooking capacity with a stovetop griddle.

Equipment

Everything You Can Do With a Wok

You can do just about anything with this versatile cooking vessel.

Equipment

What to Pack for Your Vacation-Rental Kitchen

Because your Airbnb kitchen probably doesn't come with a good chef's knife or quality olive oil.

Kitchen Tips

Kitchen Tips

How to Keep Thanksgiving Gravy Warm (Without Hogging a Burner)

Keep your gravy nice and hot with immersion circulators, slow cookers, and more

Kitchen Tips

Why You Shouldn't Use Nonstick Cookware (Most of the Time)

A couple nonstick skillets are all you really need.

Kitchen Tips

Hack Your Way to a Bigger Stovetop, No Renovation Required

Maximize your range's cooking capacity with a stovetop griddle.

Kitchen Tips

What to Pack for Your Vacation-Rental Kitchen

Because your Airbnb kitchen probably doesn't come with a good chef's knife or quality olive oil.