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12 Uses for Coffee Filters

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

The Easy Extra Step That Makes Every Grain Taste Better

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

Pickled Red Onions Will Un-Boring Your Cooking

You're just a few ingredients away from a superstar condiment that will make just about anything you cook that much better. Plus, look at that lovely pink color.

Maple Syrup and Eggs Belong Together

Sweet eggs for breakfast are an indulgent treat worth trying.

The Best Grocery Store in America Is Kalustyan's

More flavor per square foot than any other place on the planet.

The Best Way to Eat Spring Peas Is in Butter

Peas + butter = your new favorite spread

A New Way to Weeknight Pasta

Each week we round up our favorite food photos on Instagram—it's all part of #CookIt, our hashtag that captures what happens after you find the recipe. This week we found some good looking fava beans, yet another avocado toast variation, and our new favorite ice cream flavor.

In Praise of a Well-Seasoned Sheet Pan

Don't make yourself crazy trying to get this kitchen workhorse shiny again. Those stains and blotches will help you cook better.

Is Agave the New High-Fructose Corn Syrup?

Agave nectar has long been touted as a more nutritious sweetener. But lately, the health glow has faded. One Epicurious editor talks to a clinical nutritionist to find out if the decline in popularity is fad or fact.

Everybody Wedge Now

Forget about a sit-down dinner—host a wedge salad party instead.

Prepping Artichokes Doesn't Have to Be Torture

The easiest way to cook these thorny thistles also happens to be the most delicious one.

I Cooked Soft-Shelled Crabs For the First Time

And found, well, they’re a piece of cake. Crab cake.

Make Better, Cheesier, Melty-er Hot Dips Without a Recipe

Because oven-baked dips are exactly what you need for the coldest days and the biggest football games.

How to Make Creamy, Dreamy Risotto Without a Recipe

Risotto may seem fancy, but it's actually super simple to make. Memorize this easy technique and you'll never have to look at a recipe for risotto again.

Why I Won’t Be Shamed for Cooking “Mom Recipes"

Getting dinner on the table night after night is no easy feat. So let's not shame parents who sometimes need to take a shortcut or two.

The Mezcal Sunset Is No Sunrise Cocktail

A new version of the classic cocktail, made with mezcal and DIY grenadine.

Two Baking Bosses on Improvising When Baking

Baking Legends Rose Levy Beranbaum and Alice Medrich share the secrets to bending the baking rules.