FOOD LIFE

One thing that can derail your baking plans is discovering that the brown sugar your cookie recipe calls for is as hard as a rock. Luckily, we’ve got a super simple tip for keeping brown sugar soft and fresh from the start, preventing lumps—or the need to chip away at […]

Scrambled eggs are one of the first recipes many home cooks attempt to conquer. With this in mind, you might think the process of mastering how to make scrambled eggs would be easy. But if you have ever attempted to make scrambled eggs, you’ll know it’s a tricky endeavor. It […]

Lately, I can’t stop testing vintage recipes. Something feels deeply satisfying about revisiting cooking and baking methods from decades past. Recently, my editor pointed me toward a Reddit post about a Betty Crocker cookie recipe from 1963. I didn’t hesitate to give it a try. Betty Crocker’s Peanut Butter Quickies […]

I like OG stuff. Probably because at this point in my life, I, myself, am actually an “OG.” That means I like bands like Pearl Jam, any piece of black clothing, and Lisa Frank stickers. It also means that I’m not easily impressed. That’s why when I was tasked with […]

This year, I discovered a new hobby: digging up vintage recipes and testing them to see if old school dishes can still shine today. Recently, I came across a magazine clipping from March 1934 featuring a “Cream Snap” cookie that puts Crisco in the spotlight. While this cookie find feels […]

There’s nothing better than the smell of a hearty slow cooker meal wafting through the kitchen—and the rest of the house, too—when you step inside your home after a bitter cold day. Of the thousands of recipes our Allrecipes community saved over the past year, one slow cooker recipe emerged […]

Everyone thinks their grandma is special, but I have to take a second to brag, because my grandma was pretty exceptional. My grandma, Nana Lee, lived a long and rich life, passing earlier this year at 102(!) years old. It’s no surprise she became something of a local celebrity here […]