From the life of Fu Pei-mei, a titan of Taiwanese home cooking, to tracing the roots of how olive oil became a fixture in every American kitchen 30 years ago.

As we charge ahead into a new year filled with new kitchen skills to learn, here’s a look at some of our biggest revelations and breakthroughs.

Some of our favorites from the year, from our need to cacio e pepe everything to an interview with a vampiro.

A close look at the bite-sized snacks that have fueled the last century or so of cocktail parties.

More than a dozen cooking projects built for winter.

The case for investing in a pelmeni press, an air fryer, and a Norwegian cheese slicer.

From heroes to subs to sandos, and everything in between.

From yuzu kosho to sambal oelek, a look at the high-impact condiments that might be missing from your collection. Sometimes you don’t …

Olive oil or grape-seed oil? Iceberg or kale? Chopped or not chopped? The best salads are the ones that take a stance. …

Grab the plastic cutlery and take it to your nearest yard, park, balcony, or stoop. Scientists haven’t gotten to the bottom of …

To some, the 1990s was the decade of the Spice Girls, slow Internet, and Go-Gurt. But on a larger scale, it was …

Podcasts, podcasts, podcasts, podcasts. Everybody is talking about podcasts these days. You don’t subscribe to podcasts? Here’s a great list of 100 …

Coffee is in our hands, and on our minds, constantly. And this special issue tackles it from all directions.

This year we worked on a bunch of cool special issues and stories, as well as a cookbook that we will be …

This year at TASTE, we read, wrote, and cooked in vivid living color, thanks to a whole bunch of talented photographers and …

Before it’s time to raise a toast to the year to come, let’s look back 250 years to a time when caviar …

In 2018, we did a lot of cooking, and we hope you did, too. While working on the TASTE lasagna book (coming …

While on some days it feels like we’ve been publishing stories for a decade (or at least working on a story’s edits …

Oh, the riches of Emilia-Romagna, Italy’s most expressive region for food. Parma. Bologna. Modena. These are the dots of the map—such delicious-sounding …

After previous editions centered on Los Angeles and New York writers, the focus for this summer’s TASTE fiction issue is more diverse, …

Depending on who you ask, a can of food might represent a sterile version of the real thing—or it might represent a …