Serving Up a Slice of Pizza Knowledge with Upside Pizza’s Noam Grossman
Serving Up a Slice of Pizza Knowledge with Upside Pizza's Noam Grossman.
The Best Vegan Popular Food Products To Keep In Your Fridge
Embracing a more plant-based diet is better for you and the planet ... plus it's delicious.
6 Must-Try Twists On The Classic Potato Salad
We often find ourselves wondering if a few simple adjustments (or even a complete recipe overhaul) might lead to a more satisfying and flavorful barbecue accoutrement.
Beyond White Sugar: What’s Muscovado and How Can You Use It?
Muscovado is a great, molasses-driven example of the vast and intriguing world of unrefined sugars.
What Is Up With Blue Raspberry Flavor and Why Do We Love It?
As head-scratching as it is, blue raspberry has become a prominent flavor since its creation in the 1950s.
What Is Merkén? Why This Chilean Spice Deserves Your Attention
Shake up your next barbecue with this Chilean staple.
Guy Fieri’s Breakfast Burrito Recipe Is the Comfort Food We Need
Now that all-you-can-drink mimosa brunches are a thing of the past, we’re making top-notch breakfasts at home. Enter the Mayor of Flavortown.
5 Refreshing Raw Fish Dishes To Enjoy This Summer
Seafood feels like an ideal protein candidate for this style of dining, especially when you skip the oven or the pan and instead go for a raw approach.
Want To Make Your Own Sausage? Start With ‘Nduja
Your home chefery is about to get a boost with this DIY sausage recipe.
5 Ways To Class Up Your Pasta Salad, According to Pro Chefs
This collection of 5 recipes is easy enough to make at home, but is also sophisticated enough to take your backyard barbecue spread to the next level.
Why Now is the Best Time to Join a Farm Share Program
The farm share is an attractive option for getting fresh produce, especially as we enter the best of the growing season.
It’s Time To Add Elotes and Esquites To Your Grilling Repertoire
A massively popular street-vendor staple found throughout Mexico and Central America, elotes begin with corn on the cob, either boiled, steamed, roasted, or grilled.
What Exactly Is A Jammy Egg?
What exactly is a “jammy” egg? Contestants and judges on the Food Network love this adjective, but what sets a jammy egg apart from a typical soft-boiled version?
Best Last Meals, According to Chefs and Winemakers
It's hard not to think about end times, so we asked a few winemakers and chefs about what their imagined last meal might look like.
The 9 Best Kitchen Gadget Gifts for the Culinary Dad
These gifts will ensure that Dad is not only cooking an amazing meal, but that he’s looking amazing doing it.
Sweden’s Bord For En Is a Hillside Restaurant Serving Just One Diner
The traditional concept of dining out has changed considerably. One Swedish pop-up restaurant has taken social distancing and self-isolation to the extreme.
For A Refreshing And Satisfying Summer Supper, Look No Further Than Larb
Larb, commonly referred to as larb gai (chicken larb) or larb moo (pork larb), is a salad that originates in the nation of Laos.
What Effect Will Social Distancing Have On Restaurants?
Now that a large number of states have “reopened,” restaurateurs must contend with the reality of resuming operations while still observing the social distancing guidelines necessary to keep their staff and clientele safe during this transitional time.
Talking Television, French Cuisine, and More with David Burke
For this week’s episode of The Manual Podcast, Greg, Nicole, and Sam sit down with celebrity chef, author, and restauranteur David Burke.
How To Make Sausage Gravy
There's nothing like some good, old-fashioned biscuits and sausage gravy to heal the soul and fill the stomach.
How to Grow Herbs Indoors
Growing herbs at home really is simple stuff, whether you go with a hydroponic garden or a traditional soil setup.
5 Best Cookbooks About Meat That Every Carnivore Should Read
If you're looking to become a meat expert in your own kitchen, these are the five best meat cookbooks that every home cook should buy.
5 Perfect American Pinot Noir and Pasta Pairings
Pinot noir pairs well with a wide range of food and flavors, which is why pasta is a no-brainer.
Talking Lobster, Lobster Rolls, and More with the Founders of Luke’s Lobster
For this week’s episode of The Manual Podcast, Greg and Sam sit down with co-founders of Luke's Lobster, Luke Holden and Ben Conniff.
What is Conserva and Why Canned Seafood is Perfect for Quarantine
Conserva is delicious utilitarian seafood brought to you by Europe and all the more attractive as the quarantine unfolds.
The Best Food Quotes of All Time (Warning: May Cause Hunger)
Food — great, mind-blowing food or even mildly passable food in the right circumstances — can be a transcendental experience and it deserves to be talked about. We've found the best food quotes from some of the greatest culinary - and literary -minds in history. You're going to eat these words up.
Does Vodka Sauce Really Need to Include Vodka?
A menu must-have at Italian-American restaurants, penne alla vodka consists of penne pasta, rich tomato cream sauce, and the dish’s eponymous spirit.
How to Use One Ingredient for Five Different Dishes
We challenged some of our favorite chefs and cookbook authors to use one ingredient in five different pantry recipes.
Nostalgic Noshing: The Best ’90s Snacks You Can Still Buy
The 1990s were a magical time. We searched for the best '90s snacks and found that some of our favorites are still available online. Time to party like it's 1999. Again.
How to Make Your Own Homemade Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is a healthy, delicious staple in the best of times, but now that people are focusing more on shelf-stable items that are also good for you, the classic sandwich spread has taken on a whole new level of importance.
Everything You Need To Know About French Mother Sauces
There’s a reason why the French culinary tradition represents the foundation of most Western culinary-school curricula.
Serving Up True Italian Cuisine with John DeLucie
For this week’s episode of The Manual Podcast, Greg and Sam sit down with chef and author John DeLucie to talk about Italian cuisine.
3 Fancy Casserole Recipes to Up Your Cooking Game
We chatted with some of our favorite chefs and cookbook authors to snag a few recipes for fancy casseroles that will definitely up your cooking game.
Is Sanitizing Your Groceries Necessary Right Now?
In the time of COVID-19, are your groceries contaminated, and is it necessary to "clean" them before putting them away?
Looking For Dangerous Cuisine? Why Not Try Fugu?
In the wide world of cuisine, there's nothing quite like fugu, the famed and potentially deadly Japanese pufferfish dish.
The Groceries You Need to Survive Quarantine
Surviving quarantine involves shopping for groceries that will nourish, satisfy, and keep you interested in food.
Pellet Grilling 101: What It Is, Why It’s Awesome, and Tips from the Pros
A pellet grill is a combination electric and wood-fired grill that can smoke foods at constant temperatures using a fire fed by wood pellets.
Eleven Madison Park Transforms Michelin-Starred Kitchen to Feed New Yorkers in Need During COVID-19
A restaurant that was once serving 100 refined meals a night, has now scaled up its operations to make approximately 2,000 meals a day for New Yorkers in need.
How to Turn Astronaut Ice Cream Into a Grown-Up Dessert
A legendary treat among '90s kids,, the foil-wrapped blocks of magic known as astronaut ice cream were the ultimate special occasion during our childhoods.
You Can Make This Delicious Chicken Sausage Soup With Ingredients You Already Have
Soup has been a comfort food for time immemorial, providing warmth and, well, comfort, for countless people around the world.
How to Make Boxed Mac and Cheese Better
We all love boxed mac and cheese, but even it can be improved with some creative ingredients. Go from Kraft to craft in quarantine.
The Best Online Cooking Classes and Tutorial from Chefs
Clueless in the kitchen? These stars of the food world are showing you how it's done.
Takibi Portland Will Combine Camping and Japanese Cuisine
If glamping had its own cuisine, Takibi might be it as the eponymous and forthcoming Oregon restaurant suggests.
Do Chefs Prefer Regular Peanut Butter or Natural Peanut Butter?
These two peanut butter styles feature drastically different textures and flavors, but can one be considered better than the other?
7 Surprising Ways to Cook (and Bartend) with Mushrooms
Because mushrooms have such a multifaceted reputation, we found ourselves wondering whether there might be applications for these highly edible fungi that we’ve never considered before.
How Long Do Foods Last in the Fridge, Freezer, and Pantry?
The best way to prevent food waste is to learn proper food storage techniques and to know for how long the various edibles in your home will remain safe to eat.
A Restaurant Designed with Nature in Mind
The food at Samara may be five-star, but it’s the earthy decor that has us drooling.
9 Food and Wine Pairings for Quarantine
We're not dining out at the moment but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a good pairing between wine and what you've got in the house.
How to Make Spatchcock Chicken in One Easy and Delicious Recipe
Spatchcocking a chicken can help you prepare an entire roasted bird in under an hour without sacrificing flavor. Get your kitchen shears ready and you're already halfway there.