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Feed a Crowd With This Thai-Inspired Roast Pork Shoulder Feast

Be the dinner party host hero your friends deserve with this Thai-inspired pork feast.
Lamb

For Tastier Rack of Lamb, Imperfect Is Better

A search for the sizzling-est, juiciest, tastiest rack of lamb.
Stovetop

Toasted-Rice Powder Adds Nutty Depth to Classic Thai and Lao Dishes

Add texture and nutty, roasted flavor to your dishes with a Thai ingredient that's simple to make at home.
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The Serious Eats Guide to Oatmilk
Brownies and Bars

These Jammy Fruit Bars Are Basically Cookies for Breakfast

Hearty little bar cookies loaded with rolled oats and fresh fruit or jam—your pick!

Baking

For Your Next Baking Adventure, Mix and Match Your Layers

The benefits of mixing and matching recipes when you want to make something totally new.
Techniques

How to Make Thai-Style Fried Shallots

Timing and technique are the keys to this crispy Thai garnish.
Sides

How to Make Thai Sticky Rice (Khao Niao)

If you've ever soaked things in water and used a steamer basket, then you can easily make Thai sticky rice.

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Equipment and Product Reviews

Buying Guides

The Best Pro Cooking Tools for Your Home Kitchen

Designed for functionality, precision, and reliability, this equipment will revolutionize how you cook at home.
Buying Guides

These Cake Stands Won't Let You Down

Sturdy and well balanced, these stands are so much more than just a pretty base.
Grilling, Smoking, and Barbecue

The Best Barbecue and Grilling Accessories

The grilling and barbecue gear you can rely on.
Baking

Essential Equipment for Making Great Bread at Home

Bread-baking isn't an expensive hobby, but there are a few basic tools any home baker should arm themselves with before getting started.
Buying Guides

The Best Mother's Day Gifts: Cookware, Food, and Cocktail Edition

Find a gift that speaks to her stomach and her heart.
Equipment

How to Put a Bundt in the Oven

Everything you need to know about Bundt cakes, from preparing the pan to how to Bundt-ify your favorite cake.
Buying Guides

The Best Knives to Have in Your Kitchen

Because being a good cook depends on having a good set of knives.
Buying Guides

10 Supermarket Chocolate Chips for Better Cookies and Pancakes

Graduate from that yellow bag with a new class of chocolate chips.

Special Sauce Podcast

Welcome to Special Sauce, a James Beard–nominated podcast hosted by Serious Eats founder Ed Levine. Join us each week for intimate conversations about food and life between Ed and well-known food lovers like Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, and Chris Kimball.

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Features

Podcast

Special Sauce: Joe Yonan on Charting Your Own Path

Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan talks to Ed Levine about his winding path to food journalism.
Ingredient Guides

Cumin Nature: All About the Spice That Goes With (Nearly) Everything

Everything you need to know about cooking with cumin.
Personal Essays

What Does Food Media Smell Like?: Diversity and the Beard Awards

The 2019 James Beard Media Awards, reviewed.
Podcast

Food Editor Joe Yonan on Finding the Color of His Parachute

Ed Levine in conversation with Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan.
Features

Read Kenji's Serious Eater Foreword and Preorder Your Copy Now

Ed Levine's new memoir, Serious Eater, tells the unvarnished, riveting story of Serious Eats over the years.
Podcast

Special Sauce: Jason Wang on Building a Xi'an Famous Foods Empire

The cofounder of Xi'an Famous Foods on expanding the company without losing its identity.
Staff Picks

"You're All Monsters": Our Unpopular Very Correct Food Opinions

Prepare to lose any remaining respect for us.
Recipe Roundups

Game of Groans: Pun-tastic Recipes for Your GoT Watch Party

A pun-heavy menu to celebrate the end of everyone's favorite show about power and dragons.

The Food Lab
The Food Lab

How to Roast Mushrooms

A properly roasted mushroom is meaty, intense, and deeply flavored.
Techniques

How to Roast Carrots and Parsnips

Nothing like a roasted root.
The Food Lab

The Food Lab: Batter and Breading Basics for Frying

Learn to pick and choose breadings and batters like a pro.
Techniques

The Food Lab: Japanese-Style Tempura

Learn to make tempura (almost) like a master.
Techniques

The Food Lab: The Realest-Deal Kung Pao Chicken (Gong Bao Ji Ding)

A trip to China leads to an even more "authentic" recipe.
The Food Lab

The Food Lab: How to Organize Your Refrigerator

How to set up the contents of your fridge for maximum efficiency.
Techniques

The Food Lab: How to Steam Vegetables in the Microwave

There are few kitchen tools more misunderstood than the microwave.
The Food Lab

Chacarero Chileno, a Steak Sandwich as Delicious as It Is Unlikely

A steak sandwich that's as delicious as it is unlikely.