Kitchen Tips

My dad isn’t originally from Texas, but take a bite of his chili, and you would never know. How can I say this so confidently? Because he has the experts fooled. With several Texas chili cook-off wins under his belt, my dad has proven that his recipe beats that of […]

Growing up in the United States, I never had much use for a kettle. My mom kept a red kettle on the stove of my childhood home and I cannot recall it being used even once. After all, the water for coffee gets hot in the drip coffee maker, and […]

Growing up in a Thai-American household, watching my mom make Hainanese chicken rice is one of my fondest food memories. I’d watch her poach a whole chicken and use the resulting broth to cook rice seasoned with loads of pungent garlic and cilantro. Then slices of the tender-juicy bird were […]

Allrecipes editors live for soup season. From healing penicillin soup to hearty white chicken chili, there’s nothing we love more than a pot of brothy goodness bubbling away on the stove or in the slow cooker. This winter, we’re especially smitten with Mulligatawny Soup—a deeply savory, slightly spicy, and just-sweet-enough […]

If you’ve ever marveled at the impressively long shelf life of potatoes, you’re not alone. Potatoes are storage champions—they can last for weeks or even months under the right conditions. But what are those conditions, exactly? I tested five popular storage methods for ten days to find out which one […]

As a warm-weather enthusiast, I always joke that the only things I like about winter are boots, leggings, and soup. And while that might be a slight exaggeration, I do rely on all three to get me through the colder months. From October to March, I basically live in leggings […]

When I want to make a special, hearty pasta dinner for friends or family, I turn to this delicious lasagna recipe. Spicy fennel Italian sausage and earthy sage-roasted butternut squash meet ready-to-bake noodles and a rich, cheesy cream sauce for a dinner that feels fancy enough to serve during the […]

Brunch classics rarely change: pancakes, waffles, and French toast. You might mix it up with crepes or soufflés, but beyond those, there are only a few hearty, bready, and comforting breakfast staples that dominate the table. So when my editor passed along a vintage recipe for a hootenanny she had […]

I was an editor at Allrecipes 20 years ago and recently wrote an article listing my “lifer” recipes—i.e. recipes that have a permanent place in my life, even after all these years. And it got me curious about what my former co-workers would say their favorites were. So I asked […]

“We cook and eat a lot of pasta, but I bet you don’t know all there is to know about it,” Culinary Producer Nicole McLaughlin says in a new video. “I’ve got surprising ways to boil and strain your pasta, some great cooking hacks, and some fabulous recipes at the […]