Turn Pumpkin Guts Into a Comforting, Flavorful Broth
I’m no good at carving pumpkins, but I’m quite skilled at making delicious things out of them, like mini crustless pumpkin pie and beer-brined pumpkin seeds. Still, I usually end…
Toss These Foods in Your Oven While You’re Cooking Something Else
I use my air fryer more than my oven, mainly because I’m rarely feeding more than two people at a time, and heating up the Big Oven to cook a…
The Easiest Way to Get Garlic Smell Off Your Hands
Garlic stinks. But, hey, that’s why we love it so much. This pungent allium flavors sauces, intensifies condiments, and adds complexity to marinades, but it has a nasty habit of…
Plant These Vegetables This Fall to Harvest Next Spring
Fall in the garden is often thought of as a time for harvesting and putting it to bed for winter. In areas where temperatures during the winter get below freezing,…
People Are Caramelizing Their Onions All Wrong
I, like so many millennials, am a big fan of instant gratification, and am always looking to hack, streamline, or otherwise speed up the process of cooking delicious food. There…
Why You Should Order Your Spring Bulbs Right Now
The winter is long, dark, wet, and cold. When the first buds of spring flowers begin to pop in March, it’s like a hit of dopamine, giving us all hope…
You Should Roast a Whole Head of Garlic
Photo: PJjaruwan (Shutterstock) Garlic is great in any of its many forms but, like most plant parts, it is at its absolute best when roasted. Roasting garlic mellows its pungency…
You Can Plant Your Own Ramps
Once a year, foragers and chefs unite in the herbaceous, springtime frenzy that is fiddlehead and ramp season. Fiddleheads, the curled, young tips of certain ferns, have always been a…
Make a Jammy Mass of Caramelized Onions in Your Oven
Caramelizing onions always takes longer than you think it is going to. This is partially the fault of recipe writers who tell you it’s something you can do in half…
Your Kitchen Needs a Little Fan
Image: Ian Moore, santypan, amnarj2006, Getty Do enough cooking, and you will eventually injure or irritate some part of your body. Between sharp blades, hot burners, dirty ovens, and ornery…