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The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever

These are the crispiest, most flavorful roast potatoes you'll ever make.

Ultra-Crispy Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder

Pull-apart tender meat and ultra-crisp skin: It's not the most gorgeous roast in the world, but you'd be hard pressed to find one more flavorful.

Sous Vide Smoked Brisket

Sous vide is the key to consistently moist brisket with a smoky bark.

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy chocolate chip cookies with crisp edges, a rich, buttery, toffee-like flavor, big chocolate chunks, and a sprinkle of sea salt.

Homemade Star Crunch

No-bake cookies made from gooey caramel, creamy milk chocolate, and crunchy rice.

The Best Baba Ganoush

A few simple tricks make this the richest, smokiest, creamiest baba ganoush in town.

The Best Spinach Lasagna

Creamy, cheesy, spinach lasagna, flavored with a hint of nutmeg and a combination of white sauce and fresh ricotta.

Homemade Fig Newtons

Fig cookies that taste as cakey and soft as you remember.

The Best Caesar Salad

A classic Caesar salad with crunchy garlic-Parmesan croutons and a creamy dressing.

Slow-Roasted Beef Tenderloin

The best cooking method for the most tender cut of meat around.

Jewish-Style Braised Brisket With Onions and Carrots

Brisket that's tender and moist.

Simple Crusty White Bread

A classic, crusty loaf of country-style white bread.

Quick and Easy Drop Biscuits

Just 25 minutes and five basic ingredients stand between you and these fluffy, tender drop biscuits.

Moist and Tender Brown Butter Cornbread

This cornbread has a moist, tender crumb and intense corn flavor.

Pressure Cooker Mushroom Risotto

Creamy, flavor-packed mushroom risotto, without the constant stirring.

Chocolate-Covered Digestive Biscuits (McVities)

Sweet whole wheat crackers, covered in your favorite chocolate.

BraveTart's Easy, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

A no-fuss method for classic apple pie.

Spicy Carrot and Ginger Soup With Harissa

A creamy carrot soup flavored with cumin, ginger, and spicy North African harissa paste.

Classic Butternut Squash Soup

It's all about the caramelization and browning.

All-Belly Porchetta

This all-belly porchetta is as rich and crisp as it comes.

Hummus Masabacha (Hummus With Whole Chickpeas)

A saucy, chunky chickpea dip.

Smooth and Silky Cauliflower Purée

Pure, unadulterated cauliflower flavor in the silkiest, smoothest package.

Ultra-Crispy Roast Potatoes

Give your potatoes extra-crunchy exterior by parboiling and tossing them before roasting them in the oven.

One-Bowl Homemade Ladyfingers

Classic ladyfingers, simplified
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How-Tos

Chocolate

A No-Fuss Chocolate Yule Log That’s Easy to Roll

How to make a no-crack chocolate roulade, perfect for your holiday Yule log.
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.
Cookies

How to Make the Best Holiday Cookie Assortment

How to mix and match cookie styles for the best holiday assortment.
Clams, Mussels, and Oysters

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

For easy entertaining, bring the raw bar home.
Fruit Desserts

A Crash Course in Mastering Pie Dough

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

How to Cook a Turkey in Parts

Cut it up, then choose your recipe.
Cooking Techniques

A Royal-Icing Tutorial: Decorate Christmas Cookies Like a Boss

Forget the North Pole—the magic of Santa's workshop is right in your kitchen.
Cooking Techniques

Cocktails 101: How to Shake a Cocktail

Are you shaking yours right?
Lamb

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

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

Cookie Science: How Do Eggs Affect My Cookies?

What are those eggs doing in your cookie dough?
Ingredient Guides

Cookie Science: The Real Differences Between Brown and White Sugars

Different sugars do very different things in cookie doughs.
Cookies

How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?

Answers to all your baking powder questions.
Cookies

How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?

Answers to all your baking powder questions.
Cookies

Cookie Science: How Baking Soda Works

The mysteries of baking soda explained.
Baking

Cookie Science: Why Cream Butter and Sugar?

The science behind creaming butter and sugar.
Cooking Techniques

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.
Cooking Techniques

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.
Turkey

The Serious Eats Guide to Carving Turkey

For many folks, the hardest part of cooking a turkey is carving and serving it. Here's the easiest way to do it, whether it's roasted whole or spatchcocked.
Turkey

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.
Ingredient Guides

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

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

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

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

The Serious Eats Guide to Essential Cocktail Techniques

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

The Serious Eats Guide to Holiday Beer Pairing
Cooking Techniques

The Food Lab: The Truth About Brining Turkey

Is there any point to brining your next turkey?

Culture

The Food Lab

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.
Food Science

The Food Lab: The Truth About Brining Turkey

Is there any point to brining your next turkey?
Food Science

Cookie Science: How Baking Soda Works

The mysteries of baking soda explained.
Personal Essays

Christmas Beef: A Delicacy for Only Me

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

I Don't Know From Goose: A Jewish Christmas Story

How a starry-eyed fantasy of a Dickensian Christmas became a tradition.

Product Recs

Editors' Picks

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.
Books

This Flowchart Will Find Your Signature Holiday Cocktail

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

The Most Popular Kitchen Tools We Recommend

The year's most coveted kitchen tools and equipment.
Buying Guides

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.
Buying Guides

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.
Buying Guides

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.

Buying Guides

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