Cooking and Cookbooks

May 13, 2020

At Home: This Isn't Forever. But We Can Make It Better Now.

Welcome! It’s a funny feeling to think that it might not go on forever, the isolation and social distancing, the scary trips to the market, the […]
May 7, 2020

21 Quarantine Baking Recipes for Every Skill Level

What’s more comforting than stirring together a bowl of brown, beige and white ingredients, sliding it into the oven and watching as it transforms into something […]
May 4, 2020

For Joanna Gaines, Home Is the Heart of a Food and Design Empire

The first Chip Gaines heard of avocado toast was in 2017. He and his wife, Joanna, were about to open a 200-seat restaurant in downtown Waco, […]
April 29, 2020

The Lightest, Brothiest Soup for When You Can’t Eat Another Bite

Even a person as enthusiastic as I am about home cooking can feel fatigue, and six going on seven weeks of this quarantine, I am feeling […]
April 28, 2020

8 Delicious Ways to Use Your Sourdough Discard

Part of caring for a sourdough starter is “feeding” it: a process that begins by removing half of the starter before adding more flour. The portion […]
April 22, 2020

The Best Way to Freeze Baked Goods

Whether you’ve made a too-big batch of muffins for your household of one or you just like having a stash of freshly baked bread in the […]
April 20, 2020

How to Make One-Pot Pasta With Practically Any Pasta

There’s one thing you can do to make any pasta dish easier, and arguably more satisfying: Cook the pasta and the sauce together in a single […]
April 13, 2020

Substitutes for Cooking: Oil, Buttermilk, Heavy Cream and More

The most important skill in the kitchen — and, arguably, life — is adaptability. The list below, which is by no means comprehensive, is meant to […]
April 13, 2020

5 Quick and Easy Pasta Recipes

Some people are perfecting their laminated pastry, their sourdough boules or, at the very least, simmering through their stash of dried beans. But others of us […]
April 10, 2020

Sandra Lee Has Her Own Message for America

Sandra Lee was horrified by the contents of my pantry. “Girl, you’re in trouble,” she said, after demanding that I send her photos of every shelf. […]