As a child, grenadine seemed like the height of sophistication, mainly because I had no idea what it was. All I knew…

For whatever reason, I held on to my last nonstick frying pan for 12 whole years. I bought it in Florida, moved it…

I am very good at taking baths. Haters will say this is not a real skill, but all it takes is one bad bath to…

If you didn’t work from home pre-covid, there’s a very good chance you do so now, and it’s possible that you’ve…

There are a lot of terrible things happening in the world right now, but—while it is completely fine and valid to be…

My bar cart is a crowded, chaotic piece of furniture. At the front, we have the stuff I use on a near-constant basis—…

I have always appreciated the neatness of an avocado. Once halved, you can scoop the creamy green flesh directly…

I really love salt. As a child, I would often get jealous of the cows and their summertime salt licks; as an adult,…

Every Friday morning I make a cocktail (for work), and every Friday morning I resist the urge to drink the entire…

Waffle makers are very good at getting foods hot and crispy, and that just happens to be how I like my tofu (and my S…

I honestly have a hard time trusting people who claim to not like breakfast cereal. It’s one of those foods that has…

Heating the inside of my home while it is very hot outside of it is not something I enjoy. During a heat wave, even…

You probably already know that wrapping beautiful little wedges of cheese in clingy plastic wrap is a bad thing to…

This weekend, my boyfriend and I made crab sauce—a red sauce full of delicious crab. There were huge pieces of …

When my city first started to close up back in March, I went to the restaurant supply store and loaded up on pasta,…

Every summer, people lose their shit over frosé, a pink wine slushy that—to me—is perfectly fine. I’ve ordered a few…

When you think of “dipping” foods you probably imagine dunking them into a bowl of creamy, often umami-forward dip.…

As much as I love a less-than-mainstream cut of meat, I cannot deny myself the simple pleasure of grilled chicken…

One of my hobbies is buying too many herbs and then watching watching them wilt, dehydrate or mush out in the…

My immersion circulator gets far more use in the summer than it does in the winter. Sous-vide-ing meat means I don’t…