Tips and Tricks

The 5 mistakes to avoid when cooking with cast iron.

Here's how to wow your friends and win the birthday cake game.

Parents of early risers: this will transform your weekend mornings.

They don't work nearly as well as plain old ice.

Keep your knife in peak form with these 5 easy steps.

It's not what you think.

Shortcut omelets, boozy French toast, and more brunch revelations from Joy Wilson, aka Joy the Baker.

Just follow a few simple steps to make this magical all-in-one breakfast pastry.

You've mastered the scramble. The over-easy egg is practically second nature. Now it's time to take on poaching.

With a little help from Thomas Keller.

And make a crunchy snack in the process.

A super-simple way to steam artichokes in half the time.

Here's how to find the safest meat at the supermarket.

Forget about the exotic ingredients and make your food rainbow-bright with the help of a healthy grocery-store snack.

A store manager gives us the inside scoop on living your best bulk-buying life.

Here's how to hack it at home.

We conducted a test and asked whether club soda sparkles at removing stains.

According to our test kitchen, not necessarily.

Scenes from the life of someone who is very particular about salad.

The trick to cooking like you're in France? Forget everything the French taught you.