Thanksgiving turkey is best when thought of as a multi-day project, or not thought of at all.

We picked a few highlights from a memorable year, including the new rules of frozen pizza, our McTorta moment, the cutthroat world of vintage cookbook collecting, and how the best apples look like potatoes.

This year’s greatest cooking moments let our cravings lead the way.

Highlights from a mighty year of conversations with authors and chefs, including Claudia Fleming, George Saunders, Molly Baz, Ayo Edebiri, and Alton Brown.

Maurizio Leo, Hannah Che, Ken Forkish, and Frankie Gaw have all sat for the TASTE Monday Interview. 

When turkey is off the table, it’s time to go big with potatoes, squash, leeks, and…deviled eggs.

Eric Kim, Jenny Rosenstrach, and Reem Assil have sat for the TASTE Monday Interview.

Sauté, bake, and braise with the sesame-based paste hiding in the back of your fridge.

All the roasted pea shoots, lemony chicken, celery salads, and peanut butter cheesecake you could hope for.

Make some béchamel, stuff some shells, bake some lasagna.

Today is TASTE’s fifth birthday, and we’re celebrating with some memories, a few shout-outs, and a handful of favorite stories.

We picked a few highlights from a very memorable year, including the new rules of nonstick, the great soda awakening, kimbap, carbonara, and asking the question “Was cast iron almost canceled?” 

Highlights from a mighty year of conversations with authors and chefs like Rodney Scott, Nadiya Hussain, Sheldon Simeon, Moby, and Missy Robbins. 

Some of our greatest cooking moments of the year were fueled by mantou, canned tuna, and chile crisp.

You may not have a whole uninterrupted week to track down ingredients and cook a masterpiece. You may only have two days. But you can still bring something thoughtful and unexpected to the table this year.

There’s so much more to the tuber than mashing.

All the cutlets and Calabrian chiles you need to turn your kitchen into the deli of your dreams.

The morning is the best time for bakers to flex with tart raspberry coffee cake, brown butter banana bread, and cinnamon-apricot Bostock.

Your oven is off duty with these pies, cornflakes-filled chocolate cakes, strawberry parfaits, and more.

Turn your summer produce into fritters, your stone fruit into a fritto misto, and your cactus paddles into milanese.

We have entered outdoor cooking season—here’s how we’re making the most of it.