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7 Food Stories That Have Absolutely Nothing to do With Politics
Unless you consider brownies and bacon to be political, in which case YOU HAVE OUR VOTE.
By Joe Sevier

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi1/7How to Make One of Malaysia's Best Breakfasts at Home
Home cooks in Malaysia make a brilliant breakfast, starring simple toasted bread and the creamiest, most decadent coconut spread you'll ever have.
Photo by Shutterstock2/7Ikea is Opening Stand-Alone Restaurants! Soon!
More meatballs, less couples breaking up in the aisles.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova3/7Is Real Vanilla Always Better Than Imitation Vanilla?
The truth may be hard to...um...swallow.
Photo by Shutterstock4/7Your Grocery Store Wants to Get You Drunk
Depending on how you feel about wandering the frozen foods aisle with a beer in hand, The Best Grocery Stores in America are about to get even better.
Photo by Ethan Palmer5/7All the Worst Packaging You'll Find at the Grocery Store
We're looking at you, bacon.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi6/7We Put Cheerios in the Oven and That Made Everything Better
Healthy homemade granola + the boxed cereal you actually want to eat = the best of both worlds.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Katherine Sacks7/7Why Brownies Are Better Without Chocolate
They're richer, more velvety, and as it turns out, easier to make on a whim.
Following stints at StarChefs and Saveur, Joe joined Epicurious in 2016 where he’s written about how to make the very best biscuits, the singularity of third-culture cooking, and the ultimate cream cheese frosting. Currently, he works across both BA and Epi as the senior SEO editor for cooking stories, which ... Read More
Like creamy butternut squash soup and brown butter toffee chocolate chip cookies.
Like sweet-and-sour cranberry chicken stir-fry and hot cocoa for one.
Double-the-mustard chicken, gingery mustard BBQ sauce, cider-dijon pork with roasted apples, and more.
There’s a reason they say, “easy as pie,” you know?
From sesame tofu with broccoli to “ridiculously good” green beans.

In this edition of Epicurious 101, professional chef and culinary instructor Frank Proto demonstrates how to make the best single-crust and double-crust pies for Thanksgiving. Whether it’s for apple pie, pumpkin pie, or any delicious dessert, learn how to avoid soggy bottoms to achieve the perfect flaky texture every time.

Epicurious welcomes back Chef David Rose as he takes boxed mac and cheese to the next level. From Kraft mac and cheese waffles to Cheetos Flaming Hot cheese balls, Chef David transforms ordinary boxed mac into elevated cheesy recipes for you to try at home.

In this edition of Epicurious 101, professional chef Shilpa Uskokovic shares all the ways American Cheese can enhance your cooking. From creating the perfect melt to keeping your dips and dishes creamier for longer, these American Cheese tips and tricks will level up your cheesy recipes.

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels–amateur Onika, home cook Lorenzo, and professional chef Fatima Khawaja–to make their take on a lobster dinner. We then asked expert food scientist Rose to explain each chef's choices along the way. Which lobster dinner do you want to tuck into first?
We’ve got sweet potato rolls, pumpkin chili, and the garlickiest mashed potatoes.