Category: Recipes and Cooking Tips

  • Making Your Own Ramen Is a Labor of Love — But So Worth It

    Making Your Own Ramen Is a Labor of Love — But So Worth It

    Make ahead: The chashu, ajitsuke tamago, and chicken stock can be made up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated in separate airtight containers. If making the eggs more than a day ahead, remove the eggs from the tare after 1 day and refrigerate in a separate airtight container. For longer-term storage, place the plastic-wrapped chashu…

  • How to Cook Cabbage So You’ll Look Forward to Eating Your Greens (and Reds)

    How to Cook Cabbage So You’ll Look Forward to Eating Your Greens (and Reds)

    In case you thought cabbage was just for raw coleslaw or serving with corned beef, our Test Kitchen is here to change your mind. Cooking cabbage can be both quick and easy, and recipes featuring the hearty vegetable can make for a delicious side dish or entrée. Learn how to prep a head of cabbage,…

  • Cooking: Tips, Recipes, and Must-Haves

    Cooking: Tips, Recipes, and Must-Haves

    Here are eight 4th of July desserts anyone can make. Before the fireworks even start, you’ll have everyone cheering for these red, white, and blue desserts. Kim Renta June 29, 2023

  • A Simple and Tangy Baked Flounder Dish

    A Simple and Tangy Baked Flounder Dish

    Flounder is a mild white saltwater fish that is delicious when baked. The flatfish is relatively low in mercury, making it safe for children and pregnant women. Fillets can be purchased at the fish market or bought frozen. Both will work for this recipe. If your flounder fillets are frozen, defrost them in the refrigerator…

  • Everything You Need to Know About How to Cook Ham

    Everything You Need to Know About How to Cook Ham

    A gorgeous baked ham is the best centerpiece we can think of for holiday meals. It looks impressive (especially with a glistening ham glaze), but takes very little work to get on the table. Luckily, there are many ways to cook a ham. You can bake ham, grill it, or even cook it in a…

  • Heart healthy recipes and expert tips to boost your diet

    Heart healthy recipes and expert tips to boost your diet

    For American Heart Month, “Good Morning America” enlisted top experts to share advice, food tips and nutritious recipes that can help home cooks maintain a diet that focuses on heart health. The increasingly popular Mediterranean-style diet, which is supported by the American Heart Association, includes lean, unprocessed red meat, whole fruits and vegetables, dairy, beans,…

  • Once I Started Baking Chicken Wings Like This, I’ve Never Made Them Another Way

    Once I Started Baking Chicken Wings Like This, I’ve Never Made Them Another Way

    We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. No Super Bowl party spread is complete without a platter of Buffalo wings. But there’s no need to order pick-up from your favorite bar or battle with a deep…

  • Your Handy Guide to Common Metric Conversions for Cooking

    Your Handy Guide to Common Metric Conversions for Cooking

    Here in the United States, we use the imperial system of measurement. It’s everywhere from the odometer in your car to the measuring cups in your kitchen. Yes, those teaspoons and tablespoons are all part of this system, too. While we find the imperial system familiar as part of our culinary culture, it is not…

  • These Tips Will Help You Turn Out Perfect Stovetop Rice Every Time

    These Tips Will Help You Turn Out Perfect Stovetop Rice Every Time

    In the second installment of her YouTube series, the cookbook author and chef Sohla El-Waylly will teach you how to get fluffy pots of rice easily and consistently. You don’t need a rice cooker to make incredible rice, and you don’t need to be an expert chef to yield a pot of fluffy grains. In…

  • 10 Dishes Every Beginner Cook Should Learn

    10 Dishes Every Beginner Cook Should Learn

    What’s the best dish for a beginner cook to try? We asked star chefs from all over the country for their recommendations. Here’s what they had to say about practicing essential techniques and base recipes. Cream-Based Soup Victor Protasio “They all have the same basic ingredients,” says Portland’s St. Jack chef Aaron Barnett. “Garlic, onions,…