Just Make One Giant Crouton
Photo: Claire Lower I don’t know who invented the crouton, but they nailed it. Putting a bunch of bread onto a bunch of raw vegetables not only makes that pile…
How to Spot a Bad Viral Recipe
Photo: karen roach (Shutterstock) Cheez-Its are, perhaps, the perfect snack. The toasty, salty rectangles that have been around for (are you ready for this?) 101 years, excel in not only…
Five Spring Allium Recipes to Make Before It’s too Late
Photo: Sam Palazzi So many incredible meals begin with an onion. They’re an absolute kitchen staple, and the base for the stews and soups that helped us survive the winter.…
The Formula for Making a Perfect Veggie Sandwich
Photo: YuliiaHolovchenko (Shutterstock) Vegetarian sandwiches can be disappointing, especially when ordered from a meat-centric establishment. Too often, the default is a single oily portobello mushroom cap, with some raw sliced…
Make Caramel-Center Lava Cakes With Two Trader Joe’s Products
Photo: Claire Lower Nigella Lawson’s Molten Chocolate Babycakes set me down the path. In fact, it’s only slightly hyperbolic to say her book, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, made…
Pickles With Crème Fraîche and Honey Is Chaotically Good
Photo: Claire Lower Yesterday, my very own sister, Sydney, attempted to publicly shame me for an incident that occurred over a decade ago in the Burbank Costco parking lot. I…
9 Ways to Make a Better Grilled Cheese
You know I love a good mayo hack, but cooking a grilled cheese sandwich in mayonnaise instead of butter is not one of them. You can read my full screed…
Your Baking Needs More Jam, Actually
Photo: nelea33 (Shutterstock) Baking can be a near-meditative pursuit, the minutes (or hours) spent in the kitchen mixing and measuring dropping you into a state of purposeful calm, or serving…
Admit It—Not Every Sandwich Needs Cheese
Photo: ltummy (Shutterstock) A couple of years ago, I saw a video featuring a British sandwich artist named Max Halley who refused to put cheese on any of his sandwiches.…
Why You Should Be Refrigerating Your Muffin Batter Overnight
Photo: Brent Hofacker (Shutterstock) My daughter recently asked for chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast on her birthday. Since it fell on a school day and pancakes are never made in…