These five easy recipes and tips turn savory charred vegetables into fresh, filling main dishes. When the summer sky softens and the grill’s embers flicker, dinner anticipation builds — especially when vegetables are what’s over the coals, curled in smoke. As their colorful outsides singe and their plump bodies slump, vegetables’ vibrant selves become substantial,…

You do not have to know how to make exquisite dishes to cook for yourself in college. With simple recipes and ingredients, you can cook up a storm while sticking to your budget. Going to the grocery store on a student budget can be a discouraging experience. It often feels like one is drowning in…

Tofu is technically a processed food. It doesn’t come from an animal, it doesn’t spring from the sea, and there is no such thing as a tofu tree. However, just because it takes a few steps to get from A to B doesn’t mean it’s unhealthy. Jump to the recipes Tofu has been around for…

This Once Human Cooking Guide will tell you how cooking works, how to unlock more cooking recipes, and how you can preserve your food. A big part of staying alive in Once Human is keeping your stomach full. While you can eat the raw ingredients you find or grow with farming, it’s better to make them into…

TRY OUT THESE HANDY COOKING HINTS Dear Heloise: For more years than I care to remember, I taught home economics in high schools. There are some lessons that need to be repeated because we all forget things over time. Here are some cooking hints to remember: Before you start any new recipe, read over the…

Can you freeze fresh green beans? You bet you can. Green beans are quite easy to freeze, and they last several months in the freezer so you can enjoy the taste of garden-fresh goodness—even when it’s colder outside than it is in your freezer. Plus, frozen green beans are a convenient and flavorful addition to…

Okra lovers adore the veggie for its eggplant-like flavor and meaty texture. For vegetarians, this summery vegetable makes a hearty anchor to meat-free main dishes and beyond; for omnivores, okra is a versatile veggie side dish to just about any meat, especially one hot off the grill. Even if you’ve never tried or enjoyed okra…

The proper temperature to cook a medium-rare steak is 130 F to 135 F. However, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, beef, lamb, and pork should be cooked to at least 145 F (or above if desired). Keep in mind that the lower temperatures in the chart for rare and medium-rare meat are not recommended by the USDA. The following chart…

We get it: It seems fussy and like a tiny detail to worry about things like room-temperature eggs or how to soften cream cheese when they’re called for in a recipe. But trust our Test Kitchen pros; these small details make a big difference in the result of your recipes. In the latter case, softened…

From dishing about the essential Southern potluck recipes on our Biscuits & Jam podcast to filling us in about her three must-have kitchen tools to sharing her treasured potato chip-topped Funeral Potatoes casserole, we like to think we’re basically BFFs with Ree Drummond. OK, that might be a stretch, but we’ve been lucky enough to…