Make Homemade Bialys With Packaged Pizza Dough
Store-bought pizza dough is one of my favorite bread hacking tools, maybe even my all-time favorite. We’ve made lazy zeppoles, pretzels, and cinnamon rolls from this versatile sack o’ dough,…
I Dare You to Roast Leftover Coleslaw
Photo: Claire Lower “What are you working on?” my father asked me, genuinely curious. “I’m roasting KFC coleslaw,” I told him. My dad had just finished telling me he does…
The Easiest Way to Turn a Plain Bagel Into an Everything Bagel
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann We’ve all been there. It’s one of the two weekend mornings, and you decided to pick up a dozen everything bagels, only to return with a…
13 Ways to Get Weird With Pickles
Photo: Claire Lower Pickles are polarizing. Even people who like vinegar and cucumbers sometimes struggle to eat them. I’m not one of those people. I love pickles and pickled things,…
Why You Should Make Your Latkes With Potatoes and Nothing Else
Over two thousand years ago, a motley crew of Jews rebelled against their Greek occupiers and reclaimed the Second Temple in ancient Jerusalem. Later, some rabbis added an apocryphal tale…
Wash Down Your Green Beer With These St. Patrick’s Day Food Deals and Freebies
Photo: Natali Ximich (Shutterstock) Unlike most holidays, St. Patrick’s Day is less about the food, and more about the beverages. On top of that, what are largely considered the traditional…
When Do Butter and Eggs Absolutely Have to Be Room Temperature?
Photo: valbar (Shutterstock) The most successful bakers are the most methodical and least impulsive, or they have at least learned to channel their impulsiveness into other pursuits. Baking requires a…
Can You Make Bagels With Only Two Ingredients?
I try my best to keep an open mind when reading new and creative food hacks from around this world-wide web of ours. I mean, just imagine if I’d never…
How to Keep Your Slaws From Getting Soggy
Photo: Anna_Pustynnikova (Shutterstock) Cabbage-based slaws—cole or otherwise—are transcendent when properly executed, but so easy to mess up completely. No one wants a bowl of cabbage shreds swimming in overly-sweetened, watered-down…