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How to Make Fresh Corn Tortillas at Home
Got fresh, warm, well-made tortillas where you live? Buy them. But if you don't (and, hey, even if you do), it's time to start pressing tortillas at home. Because nothing is more important to great Mexican food than a great tortilla. And tortillas are a a lot easier than you think.
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Grizzly Bear Bassist Chris Taylor on Why He Wrote a Cookbook
A rock star-turned-cookbook-author talks about dinner party soundtracks, brown butter, and why the 80s rocked for marinara.
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How a Text Message Can Make You a Better Cook
If you can read a text message, you can cook just about anything with our new smart kitchen timer for Apple Watch and iPhone.
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How to Find the Best Pinot Noir in the Country
There's a reason why they call Willamette Valley the Burgundy of America.
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Cookbook Review: Mindy Segal's Cookie Love
For our first cookbook review, we dig into the Chicago pastry chef's first effort, which she calls "the ultimate cookie plate."
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Modern Southern Food From a 65-Year-Old Cookbook
Cooking New Southern? You need this vintage cookbook.
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How to Deglaze a Pan Without Wine
An ingenious solution from the one and only Nigella Lawson.
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The Snack That's Taking Over for Avocado Toast
It's time to top your bread with something bigger.
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How to Get the Most Out of a Recipe
How to demystify complicated, advanced, confusing, or otherwise daunting recipes.
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The Particular Pleasures of British Cookbooks
There's something about British cookbooks that pulls a reader in—first into the pages, then into the kitchen. A thoroughly American author explores how it's done.
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How Ina Garten Became the Barefoot Contessa
How Ina Garten became the butter-loving, Jeffrey-feeding queen of food that tastes "better than you remember."
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How America's Favorite Chicken Recipe Was Invented
The secret story behind America's favorite chicken recipe.
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How One Food Writer Put Hummus in Every Supermarket
These days, you'll find hummus in every supermarket. You've got Claudia Roden to thank for that.
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How Madhur Jaffrey Made the World Fall in Love with Indian Food
Before Madhur Jaffrey wrote her groundbreaking An Invitation to Indian Cooking, she was an actress who didn't know how to make tea.
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The Hunt for the Greatest Cookbooks of All Time
The search for the ultimate cookbook arsenal.
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The True Story Behind a World-Famous Chocolate Cake Recipe
For Rose Levy Beranbaum, creating the ultimate cake cookbook was easy. Paying homage to a world-famous tenor was the hard part.
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How Mark Bittman Created the Ultimate Cookbook
The story behind how Mark Bittman created the modern-day Joy of Cooking.
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How Grace Young Created Her Legendary Chinese Cookbook
When Grace Young started recording her family's favorite recipes, she didn't realize that she'd return those memories to her mother one day.
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The Epicurious Cookbook Canon Longlist
These are all great books, but only ten will make the official list.