Ingredient Guides Italian Passata Gives You Fresh Tomato Flavor All Year Long Passata is the best of peak summer tomatoes in a bottle. Yasmine Maggio
Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres The Case for Conservas: A Guide to Iberian Canned Fish and Seafood The best way to get started with Iberian tinned fish is to open a can. Megan Lloyd
Berries All Hail the Marionberry, Prized Jewel of the Pacific Northwest A better berry isn't possible. Sam Hill
Culture Nutritional Yeast: Savory, “Cheesy,” and Not Just for Vegans Nutritional yeast isn't just for vegans. Alicia Kennedy
Baking The Best Flour for Sourdough Starters: An Investigation Which flour should you choose for your sourdough starter? Tim Chin
Chinese How to Stock a Sichuan Pantry, According to Fuchsia Dunlop Just a few ingredients are all you need to unlock Sichuan flavors at home. Daniel Gritzer
Ingredient Guides 15 Umami-Packed Ingredients to Upgrade Your Pantry The hard-to-pin-down flavor we can't live without. The Serious Eats Team
Cuisine Guides 73 Shapes of Dried Pasta and What to Do With Them The pasta shape reference you never knew you needed. Sasha Marx
Ingredient Guides A Guide to 'Nduja: Italy's Funky, Spicy, Spreadable Salume The magical salume that will change how you cook. Elazar Sontag
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
Baking Icing on the Cake: A Guide to Basic Frosting Types All the basic cake frostings and when to use them. Stella Parks
Ingredient Guides Everything You Need to Know About Oat Milk How oat milk is made, how to cook with it, and everything else you need to know. Elazar Sontag
Baking Real Talk: DIY Vanilla Extract Is a Waste of Time and Money Exploring the complexities of commercial vanilla extract and the failings of homemade. Stella Parks
Grilling We Ate Super-Expensive Wagyu Steaks So You Don’t Have To We ate way too much rich and fatty beef to deliver this wagyu guide to you. Daniel Gritzer
Ingredient Guides Get to Know Culantro, the Herb That's More Cilantro-y Than Cilantro Like cilantro, but turned up to 11. Miranda Kaplan
Bacon Bacon, Pancetta, and More: How to Cook With Cured Pork Products When (and when not) to use guanciale, bacon, pancetta, and salt pork. Elazar Sontag
Ingredient Guides 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. Sho Spaeth
Ingredient Guides Everything You Should Know About Yams You'll never mix up yams and sweet potatoes again. Elazar Sontag
Beans and Pulses Green Beans 101: How to Buy, Prep, and Cut Green Beans All your green bean questions, answered. Sasha Marx
Ingredient Guides A Field Guide to Sweet Potato Varieties (and the Dirt on Yams) Can you tell your jewels from your garnets? A guide to common supermarket sweet potato varieties to know and love. Elazar Sontag
Ingredient Guides Get to Know Sunchokes, a.k.a. Jerusalem Artichokes This nutty-sweet rhizome deserves to be associated with more than farts. Miranda Kaplan
Ingredient Guides A Guide to Salt, the World’s Most Popular Food The most essential ingredient in everyone's kitchen, explained. Caitlin PenzeyMoog
Desserts Beyond Vanilla: Extracts, Oils, and Waters That Can Improve Your Baking How to use essential oils, extracts, and herbal distillates to flavor (or enhance) your favorite desserts. Stella Parks
