The air fryer has become a kitchen staple for its speed and ability to create restaurant-quality dishes. Salmon is a perfect candidate for air frying, but there’s a common misconception: You need to remove the skin first. We have a…
The Instant Pot is one of the most versatile appliances in the kitchen. It can cook rice to perfection, make yogurt, and transform a tough tenderloin into tender delights. But even this culinary wizard has its kryptonite: fried chicken. The…
Your meat mallet is likely one of those kitchen tools that gets dragged out from the back of a drawer to serve its one and only purpose of tenderizing meat. The good news is that your meat mallet has far…
When you’re out of meal ideas, there’s nothing like a pack of ground beef to spark inspiration. Delicious and versatile, it can be used to make savory tacos or whip up a cozy pasta dish. Although ground beef is typically…
Small, inexpensive, fast, and quintessentially Italian, the moka pot is the most humble emblem of coffee culture — and despite the technological and cultural coffee revolutions that have occurred since its invention in the 1930s, it remains equally as ubiquitous…
We all know there are many ways to cook the perfect salmon, but according to Trader Joe’s on episode 73 of its podcast, “Inside Trader Joe’s,” you should start cooking salmon — like our simple baked honey citrus salmon recipe – in…
Time and time again, Ina Garten has shown us just how sophisticated simplicity can be. Garten is a self-taught chef whose first job in the food industry was purchasing a specialty food store in the Hamptons on a bit of…
Baking bread at home can be a delightful experience. The process of mixing, kneading, and watching the dough rise is rewarding, but it can also be quite lengthy. The slowest part is often the proofing — the time it takes…
To a budding home cook, a Dutch oven can seem like an intimidating piece of cookware that must be mastered. Made of cast iron, it comes with a tight-fitting lid and a heavy base — features that make it handy for…
Due to the amount of seasoning it acquires through the years, an older cast iron pan is regarded as more valuable by home chefs in comparison to one straight from the box. A well-seasoned cast iron pan may conjure up…