Technique
Five knife habits that actually save time on a weeknight
We timed ourselves prepping the same dinner before and after changing five habits. The two that saved the most time had nothing to do with fancy cuts.
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Technique
The how and the why behind everyday cooking, explained so you can cook without the recipe.
Kitchen tests
How salty should pasta water be? We measured four pots.
Forget 'salty as the sea.' We cooked spaghetti at four salt levels, weighed everything and found the range that seasons pasta without ruining the sauce.
Kitchen tests
We roasted the same potatoes five ways. Here's what makes them crisp.
Raw, parboiled, roughed up, alkaline water and preheated fat: a side-by-side test of the steps in every roast potato recipe, and which ones matter.
Technique
Brown butter, and the eight places we now put it
How to brown butter without burning it, why it tastes the way it does, and where it earns its place: pasta, vegetables, cookies and cornbread.