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How to Avoid Underbaked (and Overbaked!) Brownies
Three tips for achieving perfect fudginess.

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The Secret to Better Brownies
It's hard to make brownies that are truly bad. But to get the very best brownies, break out that whisk and start whipping.



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Four Tricks to Perfect Risotto
Once you master the basic recipe, you'll want to turn pretty much anything into this one-pot Italian dinner.

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A Pasta Cookbook Showdown
In Cookbook Versus, we look at two seemingly similar books that are released around the same time, letting you know what type of cook will dig each of them. Today, Mastering Pasta by Marc Vetri versus Pasta By Hand by Jenn Louis.

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How To Butcher a Chicken With a Pair of Scissors
Put down that cleaver—the safest, easiest way to quarter a chicken at home is with a sharp pair of shears.

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Beyond Roasting: Raw Recipes for Winter Vegetables
The days between winter and spring call for a summery take on cold-weather vegetables.

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4 Impressive Facts About Volcanic Wine
Sure, wine grown in plain old clay or limestone is perfectly fine. But what about wine that's grown in ancient volcanic soil? It's time to take terroir to the next level.



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How to Preserve Blood Oranges, Clementines and Lemons
Take a little piece of winter into spring by giving the fleeting winter citrus crop—blood oranges, clementines, tangerines—the preserved lemon treatment.


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Meet Lorraine Pascale, the British Cook You Don't Know You Love Yet
The UK's bestselling cookbook author has her sights set on the US. Get ready to fall for her.


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Can You Spiralize Chocolate?
Spiralizers can make "noodles" out of vegetables no problem. But what else can this trendy kitchen gadget do? We put it to the test.

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7 Ways to Build a Better Chocolate Chip Cookie
Because just when you think these cookies can't get any better, they do.

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Why Chocolate Chips Ruin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Step away from the bagged chips and pick up a knife.

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The Cocktail to Convert Vodka Haters
To get us through winter's most frustrating month, we turn to the spirit everybody loves to hate.