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Why You Should Grill Your Burgers in a Cast Iron Skillet
Real talk: Don't put them directly on the grates.

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Why You Should Never Put Lime in Your Guacamole
Lime is an integral part of a great guacamole—or so we thought. Turns out, American cooks put the lime in. And now it's time to take it out.



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7 Crowd-Pleasing Punches That Can't Be Messed Up
Remember this simple formula, and you'll be able to whip up punches at a moment's notice.

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The Best Foods to Pack for the Plane
You weren't actually planning to eat that in-flight meal, were you?

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Grill Your Spring Produce This Memorial Day
Even though it's the kick-off to summer grilling, your spring favorites are still in season.

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The Italian Secret to Great Pasta Salad
How one tip from a Tuscan farm cook changed our pasta game forever.

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The Easy, 4-Step Plan to Growing Kitchen Herbs That Won't Die
Every year, hundreds of innocent herbs perish on the windowsills of helpless cooks. It doesn't have to be that way.

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How to Throw a Dinner Party by Opening a Few Cans
It's time to get over your aversion to tinned fish. Not just because it's healthy. Not just because it's delicious. Because it makes dinner parties a breeze.

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The Ultimate Spring Brunch Dish
Green things and poached eggs. It's the right thing to do.

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The Easiest Way to Enjoy Spring's Produce
Add spring produce to store-bought puff pastry and you're halfway to dinner.

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9 Quick-and-Easy 2-Ingredient Sauces
What, you haven't mastered the French Mother Sauces yet? These simple 2-ingredient sauces will have to suffice in the meantime.

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The Simplest Tomato Sauce Recipe Ever
This one-pan cherry tomato sauce is the simplest pasta trick ever.

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How to Make Roast Chicken Even Better
From proper seasoning and cooking temp to aromatics and flavored butters, make your chicken dinner a winner with our pro tips.

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Is It Safe To Freeze, Thaw, and Re-Freeze Meat?
So your night didn't go as planned and you have some previously-frozen meat in your fridge. Do you throw it back into the freezer? Or do you have to throw it in the trash?


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6 Things You Didn’t Think You Could Cook in the Rice Cooker
Frittatas. Apple sauce. Fish. Cookbook author Diane Phillips explains.

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Why Mayo Is Always the Answer
How this simple creamy sauce will solve all your problems.

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Cookbook Review: Hugh Acheson's The Broad Fork
With his new vegetable cookbook, The Broad Fork, Georgia chef Hugh Acheson ponders major life questions, i.e. "What the hell do I do with kohlrabi?"