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Chef technique, because recipes are suggestions.
Back-of-house skills for front-of-the-fridge favorites. Real skills, no tweezers, and absolutely no judgment about the cereal you had for dinner.
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Latest recipes
Massaman Curry
A rich, mildly spiced Thai curry built on fried curry paste and coconut cream, with tender squash or sweet potato and a fresh finish of Thai basil and lime leaf.
Dry-Brined Cast-Iron Roast Chicken
Salt it a day early, roast it in a screaming-hot skillet, and get the crackly skin and juicy breast restaurants charge $38 for.
Unreasonably Good Meat Sauce Penne
A weeknight meat sauce that tastes like it simmered all Sunday, thanks to one thing most people skip: actually browning the meat.
Why Your Cookies Spread Flat (and the Brown Butter Fix)
Greasy puddles instead of cookies? It's almost always temperature or flour. Here's the diagnosis, plus a brown butter cookie that holds its shape.
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Recipe categories
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Technique
The stuff they taught us in culinary school, minus the yelling.
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Restaurant Recipes Made Doable
Restaurant dishes with the brigade, the walk-in, and the 14-hour shift removed.
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Unapologetic Comfort Food
Cheese, carbs, and butter, cooked properly. Zero apologies.
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90's Mom
Cream of mushroom, Velveeta, onion soup mix. Ingredients we're supposed to be above now. Delicious. No notes.
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Chef Fixes
It went wrong. Here's why, and here's how a line cook would save it.
