How to Make Nachos with Molly Watson
Food writer Molly Watson dispels any illusions people might have about making nachos. For the record, using cheese sauce and a microwave are fatal errors. Her method only takes a few minutes, and you...
View ArticleHow to Roast Vegetables with Lisa Jervis
Lisa Jervis, cofounder of Bitch magazine and author of Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Healthy, Local Eating, has a particular bias against mushy, flavorless vegetables that are more steamed than...
View ArticleHow to Make Deviled Eggs with Jamie Lauren
Top Chef Season 5 contestant Jamie Lauren doesn't think people know how to treat their eggs properly. After laying down the ground rules for hard-boiling your eggs and getting the yolks smooth and...
View ArticleHow to Frost a Cake with Meg Ray
A hot cake plus cold frosting means cake death: soggy and ugly. Meg Ray, founder and owner of San Francisco’s Miette patisserie and confiserie, explains what you’re doing wrong when you’re frosting a...
View ArticleHow to Make a Crêpe with Jodi Liano
Author and Tante Marie teacher Jodi Liano helps cooks avoid a crêpe’s worst fate: gloppy, lumpy batter poured thickly into a regular old frying pan. Liano’s crêpes are thin, light, and topped simply...
View ArticleHow to Stir-Fry with Grace Young
Grace Young, author and contributing editor at Saveur magazine, leads you through the wrongs and rights of stir-frying. Make Grace's Ginger Beef with Sugar Snaps and Carrots yourself!
View ArticleHow to (Properly) Eat Sushi with Trevor Corson
Trevor Corson has a one-of-a-kind job: He's a sushi concierge. As a result, he knows a lot about what people do right and wrong when eating sushi. Learn from him in this video (which was shot at New...
View ArticleHow to Brine Your Holiday Turkey with Michael Chiarello
In this Thanksgiving edition of our You’re Doing It All Wrong video series, chef and TV host Michael Chiarello extols the benefits of a brined turkey. Avoid some things (have you ever heard of a...
View ArticleHow to Make Matzoh Balls with Joyce Goldstein
Chef, author, and consultant Joyce Goldstein is a culinary hero, and she has heroic ways with matzoh balls. She suggests babying the dough, using schmaltz for chicken-y flavor, and boiling the matzoh...
View ArticleHow to Make Pumpkin Pie with Boris Portnoy
Pastry chef Boris Portnoy gives new life to a Thanksgiving cliché. Generic, canned pumpkin pie mix plus freezer-burned pie crust equals fake smiles on the faces of your friends and families. Real...
View ArticleHow to Cook Basic Beans with Steve Sando
Steve Sando, bean impresario behind Rancho Gordo, outlines the steps from beans in a bag to glorious pot o’ beans. Dried beans may not be fresh, per se, but the ones you're using shouldn’t be more than...
View ArticleHow to Make a Mimosa
The mimosa is a surprisingly simple drink: just one part champagne to one part OJ. It's also surprisingly easy to mess up, leaving you with a warm, flat, gross cocktail that'll knock you to the floor...
View ArticleHow to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies sound basic, but baking them from scratch can be tricky. Even a tiny misstep can result in dried-out, crumbly, hard-as-rock cookies or, worst of all, cookies that are mushy and...
View ArticleHow to Make the Best Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
If you still make a PB&J by spreading loads of greasy peanut butter and sugary jam between slices of flimsy bread, it might be time to take some advice from Keena Tallman, co-owner of PBJ's Grilled...
View ArticleHow to Make Badass Brownies with Kir Jensen
Brownies should be a delicious chocolate experience, not a dry brown square chiseled out of a pan. Kir Jensen, author of The Sugar Cube and owner of a food cart by the same name in Portland, Oregon,...
View ArticleHow to Make the Ultimate Thick, Creamy Milk Shake
Supersweet, watered-down milk shakes are nobody's idea of a good time. Tyler Malek, head ice cream maker at Salt & Straw in Portland, Oregon, has a few tips to help you achieve a thick, velvety...
View ArticleHow to Make Silky Smooth Caramel Custard
Burnt, rubbery, or chunky should not be words used to describe your custard. Michael Recchiuti, cofounder and chocolatier at Recchiuti Confections in San Francisco, has a few tricks to help you achieve...
View ArticleHow to Make the Creamiest, Cheesiest Macaroni and Cheese
Serving mac 'n' cheese made from a box is convenient, but it doesn't deliver the creamy, cheesy goods like the homemade stuff can. Try stepping away from the box, and surrender yourself to the...
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