Cooking Pepperoni Crumbs > Bacon Bits In a new cookbook, the chefs behind Don Angie share a very Italian American trick for giving your salad a crunchy, salty upgrade. Story: Anna Hezel
Cooking Do More With Your Leftover Rice Making fried rice is smart. Making a crispy rice salad is smarter. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking Today Is the Day to Make a Flour Tortilla If you have a bag of flour in your pantry, you can have soft and chewy tortillas for an evening burrito. Story: Rachel Wharton
Cooking The Knife Block, Beyond the Basics It’s time to sharpen your knife knowledge and add a cleaver, a grapefruit knife, or a mezzaluna to your collection. Story: Anna Hezel
Cooking Big Ideas for the Smallest Eggplants Glazed, grilled, or simmered adobo-style, it’s time to get excited about cooking with eggplant. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking Not Your Grand-Père’s Leeks Vinaigrette The classic French bistro side is remixed for the main course. Story: Matt Trueherz
Cooking Grate Some Cukes, Make Some Slaw This green slaw dressed with garlicky tomato vinaigrette belongs on every summer plate. Story: Christian Reynoso
Cooking Fry Yourself a Fish Sandwich The combination of breaded white fish, tartar sauce, and a slice of American cheese has always been here for us. Story: Jenn de la Vega
Cooking Salsa Macha’s Big Moment to Crunch Mexico’s fiery condiment for empanadas and tostadas is right at home in sandwiches, soups, and definitely pizza. Story: Scott Hocker
Cooking Unripe Fruit? Make Fritto Misto. Fry those firm peaches, nectarines, and pluots with halloumi and olives for the perfect salty-sweet snack. Story: Christian Reynoso
Cooking Less Stress, More Streusel A make-ahead batch of sheet pan streusel will give your improvised crumbles, yogurt bowls, and ice cream scoops a pastry chef polish. Story: Kaitlin Bray
Cooking Ranch Isn’t a Dressing. It’s a Lifestyle. For many, it’s a topping for pizza or a flavor for snack foods. But for some, it’s just a way of life. Story: Matt Rodbard
Cooking Taming the Lion’s Mane These cuddly mushrooms are the key to great vegan nuggets, “crab” cakes, qi-balancing broths, and more. Story: Yi Jun Loh
Cooking Your Fish Sauce Starter Kit Reading, recipes, and expert advice for adding drops of the savory, inimitable amber liquid to just about everything. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking Asafetida Is Its Own Spice Cabinet It’s funky pungency can replace garlic or onions, but nothing can quite replace it. Story: Bhavani Munshi
Cooking What Your Hangover Food Says About You Everyone’s got a cure. Sometimes it’s a greasy breakfast sandwich, and sometimes it’s soybean sprout soup chock full of vitamin C. Story: Jordan Michelman
Cooking When in Doubt, Plantain Scramble The starchy, sweet take speaks to Nigerian roots and a quintessential American breakfast. Story: Jessica Kehinde Ngo
Cook in Residence Long Live Country Charcuterie Livermush, hog’s head cheese, souse, and liver pudding are the cured meat staples of the Deep South. Story: Amethyst Ganaway
Cook in Residence A Homestyle Pâté to Write Home About Our Cook in Residence, Amethyst Ganaway, makes the case for a rich, spreadable chicken and pork liver pudding. Story: Amethyst Ganaway
Cooking Poppy Seeds, Off the Bagel and Into the Grinder A baker’s secret weapon, quality poppy seeds can add a nutty, musky earthiness to breads and cakes. Story: Michael Harlan Turkell
Cook in Residence A Roux by Any Other Name Who gets credit for a classic cooking technique, like a braise, chiffonade, or demi-glace? The chefs who named them. Story: Amethyst Ganaway