Cooking This Fried Chicken Has a Waitlist—and a Secret For chicken that stays crispier for longer, chef Eric Huang calls upon EverCrisp, a modernist ingredient that home cooks can use, too. Story: Priya Krishna
Cooking Teach an Old Rice Cooker New Tricks Inspired by Hainanese chicken rice (and Colonel Sanders), a better bowl of rice can be yours with the flip of a switch. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Let's Talk About American Food The Solution to Pie Panic? The Right Flour. The difference between flaky and rock-hard pie crust can come down to the amount of protein in that bag of AP flour. Not all are created equally. Story: Mari Uyehara
Cooking Bring Back Brick Chicken The “perfect roast chicken” is nice. But the brick chicken is superior in all the ways that matter to a home cook. Story: Talia Baiocchi
Cooking Give Nopales the Milanesa Treatment After a quick salt cure, these cactus paddles are ready to bread and fry. Story: Christian Reynoso
Cooking How Do You Cold Coffee? Cold brew is life for many summertime drinkers, but there a several other alternatives to cool that drip down. Story: Matt Rodbard
A Kitchen In New Orleans Popcorn Flour Makes the Best Cornbread Break out the food processor and pulverize some popcorn. Story: Scott Hocker
Cooking Potatoes: They’re Better as Ribbons Thinly sliced and accordioned in a skillet, this technique gives hasselbacking a run for its money. Story: Sunny Lee
Cooking Hot Sugar Is the Icing on This Cake Dump hot water on your cake and watch it crackle. Story: Samantha Seneviratne
Cooking Give Your Dumpling a Crispy Skirt A two-ingredient trick transforms your frozen dumplings into an izakaya-worthy dish. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking It’s Not Curry, It’s Rendang A long, languid simmer in coconut milk, lemongrass, and galangal gives rendang the intensity of five curries packed into one. Here's how to make it. Story: Yi Jun Loh
Cooking Leeks. Bacon. Wok. Two ingredients deliver all the smoke and satisfaction of Hunan-style stir-fry. Story: Cathy Erway
Cooking Let Them Steam Cake A bamboo basket is great for dumplings, but even better for this impossible-to-overcook cake. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking Focaccia Is a Mood Pile it high with crispy mushrooms, briny anchovies, and creamy, salty cheeses. Story: Alex Testere
America's Best Worst Cook Things Chefs Do That You Should Not Do Just say no to lemon zest, “ripping hot” pans, and the ice bath. Story: JJ Goode
Cooking Brown Butter Is Better Butter Once you’ve perfected toasting your butter, add it to pudding, drizzle it over ice cream, and pour it onto slices of fresh tomato. Story: Cathy Erway
Cooking Tomato Jam on Everything Spicy and warm or light and bright, homemade tomato jam is the way to make summer’s bounty last through winter. Story: Leslie Pariseau
Express Lane The Only Citrus Juicer You Need Chef Anita Lo touts the power of this gadget for all of your citrus-juicing, garlic-cracking needs. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking Zucchini, Cooked the Whole Way It’s a squash, so throw it in the oven whole and cook it like one. Story: Caroline Lange
Culture Konbi Has a Secret Croissant Machine Two Los Angeles chefs sought pastry perfection and found it an hour’s drive outside of Tokyo. Story: Garrett Snyder
Express Lane It’s Not a Barbecue Without a Butter Wheel The key to buttering a whole lot of rolls in a short amount of time is a little countertop gadget beloved by diners and fast food restaurants. It’s the butter wheel. Story: Anna Hezel