Tips and Tricks

Just pop open a can of soda. (No, really—you need a can of soda for this trick.)

Besides providing a vessel for your morning fix, here are way more ways a coffee filter can save your life.

With a little heat and a few minutes, you can make every grain in your kitchen go from flavor zero to flavor hero.

Sweet eggs for breakfast are an indulgent treat worth trying.

Garlic scapes, green garlic, black garlic. This culinary workhorse has so many different iterations, each with its own lovely and distinct flavor.

This video proves it!

Our recent piece on one food writer's dirty cooking secrets inspired lots of feedback from readers, many of whom admitted to having secrets of their own.

And other tips on buying and storing avocados.

We tested four techniques for steaming that don't require a separate tool.

An expert told us just how often we should be cleaning the things we sometimes forget to clean.

A food writer gives us a peek into what really happens behind the scenes in her kitchen. And some of it isn't pretty.

Melting butter and thawing frozen chops? That's just the beginning.

With these new recipes, a surprise is a good thing.

Swapping or sharing lunches with coworkers can save you time and money, introduce you to new foods, and really up your cooking game.

From stolen lunches to smelly snacks, here's what you hate about your coworkers.

It's easy to love supermarket rotisserie chicken—it's tender, flavorful, and ready to be transformed into dinner in minutes. But can it be replicated at home?

Already in love with chewy (but kinda bland) oats? Work in some new varieties of rolled grains, and pretty much everything gets more delicious.

Our photo editor Chelsea Kyle knows a thing or two about making food look great for the camera.

Add freshness, color, and a little taste of spring.

A finishing drizzle is all you need.