Okay, don’t tell anyone, but I learned this trick from a tired holiday cook who needed a way to make plain mashed potatoes taste like they’d worked on […]

I love sharing little kitchen secrets, so I’ll cut right to it: brown butter turns ordinary Rice Krispie treats into something dangerously adult and chewy, and adding a […]

Psst — here’s a little chef’s secret I stole from a pastry chef friend and never gave back: brown the butter first. That tiny extra step turns an […]

The kitchen smells like my favorite kind of comfort: warm butter and sharp cheese with an undercurrent of garlic that makes you sigh. I grew up on dinners […]

I once tried to stage a dramatic broccoli intervention in my kitchen — yes, the vegetable gets a makeover in these little crunchy spheres and suddenly it becomes […]

Chef’s secret time: I stumbled on this one when I tried to convince my skeptical roommate that broccoli could headline a salad. Spoiler — it worked. I roast […]

Chef’s secret time: I stumbled on this salad while trying to rescue a spring market haul that threatened to take over my fridge. I tossed together warm **new […]

Chef’s secret time: if you stash leftover smoked or braised brisket in the fridge, you can turn it into something that looks fancy but tastes like a warm […]

Okay, I have to tell you a little kitchen secret: I didn’t always respect Brie. Then I melted it into pasta and my whole dinner game changed. Think […]

I love sharing kitchen secrets, so here’s a little one I swore I wouldn’t tell: the simplest trick to turning two humble slices of bread into breakfast glory. […]