Category: Recipes and Cooking Tips

  • Ree Drummond’s 10 Best Tips for Baking Christmas Cookies

    Ree Drummond’s 10 Best Tips for Baking Christmas Cookies

    In the world of baking, cookies might just be the ultimate comfort food. They’re beloved by all ages, easy to make, and even better when served with a cold glass of milk. “I never met a homemade cookie I didn’t like,” Ree Drummond says. It’s no wonder The Pioneer Woman has tons of popular cookie…

  • Cook Like a Star With the 46 Best Celebrity Cookbooks

    Cook Like a Star With the 46 Best Celebrity Cookbooks

    Celebrities usually rise to fame thanks to their talents in acting, music, athletics, comedy, or art. Some stars even have multiple talents—think of all the wrestlers who have gone on to have successful acting careers or EGOT winners who have conquered stage, screen, and song.  Those enviable talents can also extend to the kitchen. There…

  • How to Cook with Black Walnuts: Recipes and Tips from Top Chefs

    How to Cook with Black Walnuts: Recipes and Tips from Top Chefs

    Using Black Walnuts for Nut Milk with Award-Winning Chef Alan Bergo Chef Alan Bergo, a James Beard Award–winning chef nationally known as the Forager Chef, is based in Minnesota and has appeared on Hulu’s Chefs vs. Wild and many other programs. He uses Hammons Black Walnuts in his own recipes. “I love using black walnuts…

  • The 16 Best Cookbooks of 2024

    The 16 Best Cookbooks of 2024

    Encyclopedic approaches to plant-based cooking and to cookies, a TikToker’s debut and more, as tested by New York Times Cooking and the Food desk. When so much of modern living forces us to peer down at a screen, there’s a lot to be said for a cookbook. It won’t blast you with blue light or…

  • I Tried Cooking Sausage 3 Ways—This One Was the Best

    I Tried Cooking Sausage 3 Ways—This One Was the Best

    Sausage is popular among meat-eaters for its versatility, unique flavor combinations, and heartiness. It’s popular during the summer season thanks to backyard barbecues, but really works all year round. With so many different varieties of sausage, it can be challenging to know which cooking method offers the best results. So I took one for the…

  • The Most Popular Recipes of 2024

    The Most Popular Recipes of 2024

    You loved these recipes. Now see what made our Top 25. Well, that was fast: It was January, we blinked and now it’s December. Quite a bit has happened in the last 300 or so days, and the team at New York Times Cooking created, tested and published about 1,000 delicious recipes to help you…

  • 13 Alton Brown Cooking Tips You Should Know By Heart

    13 Alton Brown Cooking Tips You Should Know By Heart

    Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images Long-time fans of TV personality Alton Brown know him as a food scientist, former Food Network star, and home chef. While he first made a name for himself on his long-running documentary series “Good Eats,” Brown is also beloved for his light-hearted approach to home cooking. This makes his recipes feel both…

  • 6 Ways to Cook Carrots Like a Pro

    6 Ways to Cook Carrots Like a Pro

    Bright, flavorful carrots are easy to cook, as long as you have the right touch—we’ve got a few tips to help you make sure they turn out tender and not mushy. By lightly cooking carrots, you enhance their natural sweetness—you also get more nutrients by cooking them than by eating them raw (some nutrients in…

  • The 5 Ina Garten Recipes That Jennifer Garner Can’t Stop Making

    The 5 Ina Garten Recipes That Jennifer Garner Can’t Stop Making

    Frozen yogurt bark, homemade ice cream and easy pumpkin loaves: You can count on Jennifer Garner to make incredibly delicious and super-simple recipes for any-level home chef to follow on her Instagram. But you may be wondering what—or rather, who—inspires the actor to whip up these tasty concoctions. In a 2023 interview with Harper’s Bazaar,…

  • Don’t Worry! Here’s How to Cook a Frozen Turkey on Thanksgiving

    Don’t Worry! Here’s How to Cook a Frozen Turkey on Thanksgiving

    Picture this: It’s Thanksgiving Day and you suddenly realize that your turkey is in the freezer. Panic ensues… Thanksgiving is surely ruined! But before you start thinking about calling it quits, here’s some good news: you can still cook a frozen turkey! Sure, you might not have enough time for traditional thawing methods. But there…