Plain cucumbers are a pretty great vegetable. They require minimal preparation, are crunchy and satisfying, and don't leave your hands sticky or messy. But even cucumbers can be elevated to greater deliciousness and versatility with a clever kitchen tip that you may not be aware of—salting. When you salt...

The Easiest Way to Make Cucumbers Taste So Much Better

Food, like I’m sure it is with most people, is extremely important in my family. Being of Mexican descent, it’s a way to feel closer to our roots and express our heritage. Some of my favorite memories are watching my Nana cook in the kitchen, making menudo during the holidays or bringing home barbacoa on Sundays for the family to enjoy.

My Grandpa's Easy 4-Ingredient Salsa Recipe Is a Family Favorite

Guaranteed to convert even the most adamant zucchini haters. If you've been to a farmer's market lately (or taken a peek at your neighbor's garden), you'll know that we're in peak zucchini season. Say you got overzealous and bought one too many at the market, or maybe your garden or local CSA is delivering the veggies at a rate you can't keep up with. We've all had a moment of "this is too much zucchini."

The Best Way To Cook Zucchini, According to a Food Editor

One of the best things about Sam’s Club is that it takes the pressure off when it comes to celebrations. Whether you need 30 cupcakes for your kid’s classroom party or a giant cookie tray for a family picnic, the warehouse retailer has you covered. Budget-friendly, delicious, and sometimes available in bulk, there’s no need to feel any guilt if you made a quick stop at Sam’s Club instead of spending all night baking before your big event.

Sam’s Club Bakery Has a New Treat That Fans Can't Stop Raving About

For most of us, Cinamon Toast Crunch is a bowlful of nostalgia. The crunchy squares dusted with a bold cinnamon-sugar blend have been a staple in the cereal aisle for decades, making school mornings a little sweeter and late-night snacking all the more satisfying. But, as much as we "crave...

A New Cinnamon Toast Crunch Is Here—And Fans Say It’s Better Than the Original

It doesn't take a lot to catch my eye, but three words will do it: new Le Creuset. There's just something about the heritage French cookware that speaks deeply to my soul, even if I'm not in a place, storage-wise or financially, to be buying each new color that the brand puts out. However, I feel it's my civic duty to report when Le Creuset releases a new color, especially when the holiday entertaining and gifting season is just around the corner. That's where Nuit comes in.

Le Creuset Just Dropped Its Final New Color of the Year, and We're in Love

I’ll be honest: I’m not usually the kind of person who asks to see the dessert menu at the end of the meal. Don’t get me wrong, I love a sweet treat as much as the next person, but I’d rather fill up on my main course and enjoy a homemade cookie or bowl of ice cream later in the comfort of my home—once I’m in my stretchy sweatpants (à la Joey from “Friends” in his “Thanksgiving pants”).

The 2-Ingredient Dessert I Can’t Stop Making

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted that Great Value Apple Juice sold at Walmart stores in several states has been recalled by Florida’s Refresco Beverages U.S. Inc. because it contains “arsenic above action level set in industry guidance (13.2ppb).” The government agency has not released images of the packaging yet, but it has relayed some information about the products in question.

Apple Juice Sold at Walmart Recalled Due to High Arsenic Levels

Happy first day of fall! Not really—we still have over a month to go, but when Starbucks drops its ever-iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, you know it’s time to trade in your flip-flops and bathing suit for sweaters and jeans. OK, a wardrobe swap might be a little premature,...

Starbucks’ Fall Menu Has an All-New Drink, and I Tried It First

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Roll premade pie crust to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured work surface, and cut using desired cookie cutter shapes. Transfer cut-outs to prepared baking sheets,...

Pie Crust Cookies

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray an 8x8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Stir 2 cups sugar, flour, eggs, butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl to make a smooth batter. Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the...

Nectarine Cobbler

You’d be hard-pressed to find a savory recipe that doesn’t use onions. Because of that, you likely always have a few (or a lot) on hand to grab at a moment's notice. However, there’s little worse than getting ready to make a recipe, only to find that your onions look a little…worse for wear.

Stop Storing Onions This Way—Use These Clever Solutions Instead

These two things I know to be true: My husband’s favorite food is lasagna, and Dave Grohl is a legend. How are these two things related? Normally, I would say they’re not. Not even a little bit. But when I heard that Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters makes a legendary lasagna, I knew I had to try it. For my husband, sure, but also because I had to find out if Grohl’s version of the classic baked pasta was truly as legendary as he is.

I Tried Dave Grohl’s Famous Lasagna Recipe to See If It’s as Legendary as He Is

When you keep close tabs on the food world, you see brands joining forces left and right, whether it’s Pop-Tarts-flavored bundt cakes or sour candy-coated Cinnabons. Some of these partnerships can fade into the background—perhaps Liquid Deaths’s hot fudge sundae water or Funyun-flavored ramen. But every so often, a collab comes along that’s truly game-changing (see: last week’s Coca-Cola and Oreo collab).

Dr Pepper and Krispy Kreme Are Teaming up on a First-Of-Its-Kind Doughnut

Fall flavors your entire personality? Yep, so are we, which is why we’re living for all the pumpkin-spiced sweets and pecan-studded treats appearing on shelves already. Thankfully, Costco has also gotten the memo. No, it hasn’t released its famed, almost-four-pound pumpkin pie quite yet, but the warehouse store is helping us bridge the dessert gap between summer and fall with a sweet, cinnamony treat perfect for autumn snacking.

This New Bite-Sized Costco Bakery Treat Won’t ‘Last a Day’ in Your House

Read this before you try it at home. There seem to be endless methods for hard-boiling eggs that promise easy-to-peel shells that effortlessly slip right off the eggs. For any home cook who regularly makes egg salad, deviled eggs, or likes to keep hard-boiled eggs in the fridge to have on hand for cobb salads, an easy-to-peel egg elicits much joy. Most of us know the frustration of peeling eggs when the shells splinter into sharp pieces that get under our fingernails or stubbornly cling to the egg, leaving unappetizing pock marks behind.

The Internet's New Favorite Way to Hard-Cook Eggs Might Also Be the Most Dangerous

I started seriously caring about the tools in my kitchen when I moved into my first solo apartment. My 400-square-foot studio in San Francisco had a microscopic kitchen with almost no storage, so I needed to be extremely selective when buying anything that had to do with cooking. When it came to cutlery, I sought the advice of a friend who worked as a line cook, and he said to focus on the three main pieces every cook should own: a chef’s knife, a bread knife, and a paring knife.

Your Chef’s Knife Can’t Do Everything—Grab This for the Delicate Cuts Instead

If you’ve shopped at a Trader Joe’s store before, chances are you’ve noticed a lot that’s different from your average supermarket. Besides the smaller footprint and casual California surfer hut decor, most of the packaged items have a Trader Joe’s label rather than the big name brands you would normally see. Big name brands usually offer in-store and online promotions in the form of coupons. So what is Trader Joe’s policy on coupons? Is that unique as well? Here's what you need to know.

PSA: These Are the Only Coupons Trader Joe’s Accepts

Inspired by the beloved boxed snack cakes, these homemade versions have all the classic flavors and textures, and their individual-size portions make them party-perfect. I grew up with one of those especially magical super moms who made all kinds of delicious food—from savory suppers to special sweets—totally from scratch. Like most kids in that situation, I had no idea how lucky I was. I’d regularly try to trade homemade cookies for the sweet snacks my friends brought to school. I deeply envied one friend whose mother kept multiple boxes of store-bought desserts like Hostess Cup Cakes and Little Debbies stocked at all times. Every day, my friend would fling open the cabinet doors, and carefully select which individually wrapped cake to slide into the outer pocket of her lunch box. For her, this was a daily routine, but I swear I heard angels sing when I saw that cupboard for the first time. I loved snack cakes. I loved everything about them: They were portioned and portable, were cream-filled, slathered in icing, or dunked in chocolate, and they all had fun names. They were truly the stuff of my childhood dreams, mostly because I never really had them.

Meet the Big Deborahs: A Baker’s Homage to Grocery Store Snack Cakes

Costco shoppers have plenty to choose from when it comes to delicious meals that are as easy to put on the table as they are on the wallet. During the cold days of winter, social media was all about the warehouse grocer's heat-and-eat meatloaf and mashed potatoes—not just for the ease of preparation, but also for the comfort it brought. In late spring, Costco launched another meal kit (that admittedly had fans divided), and earlier this summer, a popular new Tex-Mex-inspired kit stole fans' hearts.

The Costco Meal Kit That's in Customers' 'Weekly Rotation'

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This 1 Ingredient Turns Any Fruit Into Homemade Jam

Making jam the traditional way is fun and delicious, but it is somewhat of an ordeal. Preparing the fruit, cooking it down with a pile of...

This 1 Ingredient Turns Any Fruit Into Homemade Jam

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