Seasonal and Holiday Recipes

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

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

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.

Shell Game: How to Serve Oysters on the Half-Shell at Home

For easy entertaining, bring the raw bar home.

A Crash Course in Mastering Pie Dough

Everything you need to know when making a pie dough from scratch.

How to Cook a Turkey in Parts

Cut it up, then choose your recipe.

How to Roast Carrots and Parsnips

Nothing like a roasted root.

The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Sous Vide Rack of Lamb

Everything you need to know to make sous vide rack of lamb.

Why You Don't Need an Expensive Roasting Pan

Which type of roasting pan offers the best value, and, more importantly, which one do you really need?

Cookie Science: How Do Eggs Affect My Cookies?

What are those eggs doing in your cookie dough?

Cookie Science: The Real Differences Between Brown and White Sugars

Different sugars do very different things in cookie doughs.

How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?

Answers to all your baking powder questions.

How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?

Answers to all your baking powder questions.

Cookie Science: How Baking Soda Works

The mysteries of baking soda explained.

Cookie Science: Why Cream Butter and Sugar?

The science behind creaming butter and sugar.

The Definitive Guide to Grilled Steak

All your questions about grilling steak, answered.

Myth Testing: The Secrets of the Best Matzo Balls

From floaters to sinkers, @dgritzer lays out everything you need to know about matzo balls

Everything You Need to Know to Make Chinese Hot Pot at Home

Everything you need to know to host a Chinese hot-pot feast at home.

How to Trim a Whole Beef Tenderloin for Roasting

The best way to save money on your holiday roast? Buy the tenderloin whole, bring it home, and trim it yourself.

The Food Lab's Definitive Guide to Buying and Cooking Hams

Don't know the difference between a city and a country ham? Don't know how to cook and serve them? Don't worry; we've got you covered.

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Brining Chicken or Turkey

Nothing but the facts: a quick reference guide to dry-brining or wet-brining your holiday turkey for moister, juicier results.

How to Deep-Fry a Turkey Without Killing Yourself, Indoors and Out

Two methods for deep-fried turkey, indoors and out. Which do you think is safer?

3 Ways to Make Delicious Mashed Potatoes in Advance

Sour cream mashed potatoes, classic mashed potatoes, sous vide mashed potatoes—whatever the method, here are the best methods for making mashed potatoes in advance.

How to Stock Your Pantry for Thanksgiving

Buy everything you can well in advance, and save time and headaches on Thanksgiving.

How to Make the Ultimate Thanksgiving Cheese Plate

Everything you need to make the perfect Thanksgiving cheese plate

The Definitive Guide to Buying, Prepping, Cooking, and Carving a Holiday Turkey

The Definitive Guide to Buying, Prepping, Cooking, and Carving a Holiday Turkey

Use Our Booze-o-Matic Drink Calculator to Plan Your Cocktail Party

Throw a heck of a bash without blowing all your cash.

The Serious Eats Guide to Essential Cocktail Techniques

Tips, essential pointers, and the wisdom of a few stellar bartenders, all in one guide.

How to Make the Best Tomato Sauce From Fresh Tomatoes

A fresh-tomato sauce for pasta that's so good, you won't even need cheese on top.

The Serious Eats Guide to Holiday Beer Pairing

How to Roast Fall and Winter Vegetables | The Food Lab

How to Host a Mother's Day Beer Brunch

The Food Lab: The Truth About Brining Turkey

Is there any point to brining your next turkey?

Thinking Big for Summer Party Drinks

Cookie Science: How Baking Soda Works

The mysteries of baking soda explained.

The Food Lab: The Truth About Brining Turkey

Is there any point to brining your next turkey?

We Aged Eggnog for 1 Year to See if It's Worth the Wait

Is aged eggnog really mellower and more complex than fresh? We put it to the test.

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.

Christmas Beef: A Delicacy for Only Me

When beef is scarce, a Christmas tenderloin is a delicacy beyond belief.

Vicky and Stella: A Serious (Eats) Love Story

From arch enemies to best friends.

What's Your Heartbreak Food?

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

Shining a Light on Diwali Treats: An Opinionated Guide

The one thing that makes all those early-morning temple visits more bearable: snacks.

A Different Kind of Forever: Remembering My Grandmother’s Kitchen

Food was central to her philosophy of love, but my grandmother didn't own a single cookbook.

How to Carve Any Photograph Into a Pumpkin

Want to learn how to transfer your family's images onto a Halloween pumpkin? Here's how to do it.

A Guide to Celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year at Home

Want to celebrate Chinese New Year? Here's how, from party prep to recipes.

Share Your Sweets: St. Patrick's Day

Share Your Sweets: A Look Back at Easter

Share Your Sweets: St. Patrick's Day

Serious Eats Staff Picks: Favorite Chocolate Candy Bars

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Halloween Candy

Share Your Sweets: Easter Treats

Share Your Sweets: Halloween

Share Your Sweets: St. Patrick's Day Sweets

Serious Eats Staff Picks: Our Favorite Candies on a Stick

The Best Kitchen Gifts to Splurge on for Your Favorite Cook

Gift ideas for the person who did something real nice for you this year.

The Best Father's Day Gifts

Our favorite Father's Day gifts for the culinarily minded dad.

The Best Mother's Day Gifts: Cookware, Food, and Cocktail Edition

Find a gift that speaks to her stomach and her heart.

Our Favorite Chocolate Easter Bunnies, Eggs, and More

The most delicious chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, and other classic Easter candy from our taste test.

This Flowchart Will Find Your Signature Holiday Cocktail

Make finding the perfect holiday drink fun and interactive—with flowcharts!

Our Favorite Stocking Stuffers for Cooks

Small gifts, perfect for stuffing a real or metaphorical stocking.

The Most Popular Kitchen Tools We Recommend

The year's most coveted kitchen tools and equipment.

Our Favorite Splurge-Worthy Gifts for Cooks and Food Lovers

Buy your way into any food lover's heart with one of these big-ticket holiday gifts.

Our Favorite Culinary Gifts Under $100

Our favorite gifts for cooks for under $100, including a great chef's knife, a gorgeous tagine, and more.

Our Favorite Culinary Gifts Under $50

You don't have to go broke this holiday season—some of our favorite gifts for food lovers cost well under $50.

Cookbook Love Letter: Tom Colicchio's Think Like a Chef

A book that teaches what really matters in cooking.

Cookbook Love Letter: Edna Lewis's The Taste of Country Cooking

The moment Edna Lewis's The Taste of Country Cooking changed one author's life.

Cookbook Love Letter: Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques

Jacques Pepin inspires a cook through every step of his culinary career.

Cookbook Love Letter: Anne Willan's La Varenne Pratique

How a chef, and her cookbook, transformed a 20-year-old's world.

Why You Don't Need an Expensive Roasting Pan

Which type of roasting pan offers the best value, and, more importantly, which one do you really need?

Stock Up for the Holidays With These Go-To Spirits

Matzo Showdown: Manischewitz vs. Yehuda vs. Streit's

Why You Should Really Own a Smoker

Make your best barbecue ever using a smoker.

The Essential Pumpkin-Carving Toolkit

To up your Halloween pumpkin-carving game, start with a few essential tools.