A pot of perfectly cooked rice is often treated as the holy grail of cooking—mysterious, elusive, and ultimately impossible to consistently achieve—but I’m here to tell you that it’s absolutely NOT as challenging as you think. Follow this simple recipe, and you’ll be rewarded with success every time. I designed the following recipe to yield…

Dorie Greenspan, a beloved cookbook author and longtime Paris resident, knows that the French way of snacking is also the easiest. For those living in Paris over the past few years, the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games may feel more like reaching the finish line than toeing it, exhausting for organizers and Parisians alike.…

With summer grilling season here, I have teamed with RTA Outdoor Living and Coyote Outdoor Living to create a list of outdoor cooking tips. Home cooks around the country are getting outdoors to cook their favorite foods including meats, seafood, plant-based foods, vegetables and desserts. Here are nine outdoor cooking tips to help you become…

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…

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…