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Chicken Curry Recipe

Instant Pot Chicken Curry Recipe

Spicy Shrimp and Red Lentils

Spicy Shrimp and Red Lentils Recipe

Insta Pot Bolognese Sauce

Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce Recipe

Roasted Pistachio Crusted Trout Recipe

How to Make Roasted Pistachio Crusted Trout in 25 Minutes

Blue Cheese Sauce Served with Steak

Blue Cheese Sauce for Steak — The Ratio, the Technique, and Which Cheese to Use

Black Bean Soup Recipe

Instant Pot Black Bean Soup Recipe

Tarragon Cream Sauce Recipe

Tomato Tarragon Cream Sauce Recipe

The Impossible Burger

The Impossible Burger Is Now Possible

Brown Sauce with Port Wine and Sun-Dried Cherries Recipe

Brown Sauce With Port Wine and Sun Dried Cherries

Christmas Crack Recipe

Food Photo Analysis

Beginner Food Photo Analysis

thanksgiving stuffing waffle with fried egg

Thanksgiving Stuffing Waffle with Fried Egg

Mahi Mahi Recipe

Food Photography Made Easy

How to Calculate Fish Yields

Fish Yield Chart — How Much Edible Fillet You Get From a Whole Fish

Roasted Potatoes Recipe

Simple Roasted Potatoes Recipe

Veal Stock Recipe

Veal Stock Recipe

Green Beans Salad Recipe

Simple Green Bean Salad Recipe

Sous Vide Water Balls

Sous Vide Water Balls

Grilled Roasted Spicy Corn on the Cob

Brown Sauce with Red Currant Jelly and Tarragon Recipe

Tarragon Red Currant Jelly Sauce Recipe

Nut Crusted Chicken Breasts

Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Sherry Cream Sauce Recipe

Greek Style Turkey Burgers

Greek Style Turkey Burgers Recipe

Cooking School for Kids

Culinary Classes for Kids

Lunch Lady

Revenge of the Lunch Lady Recap

Fresh Kale

Krazy About Kale

Mushroom Soup Recipe

How to Make Creamy Mushroom Soup from Scratch

The Scramble Breakfast Meal

The Scramble Breakfast Dish Recipe

Pros and cons of college meal plans

College Meal Plans — The Pros, the Cons, and When They’re Actually Worth It

The Camera Eats First

The Camera Eats First

Pesto Panko Cheese Chicken Recipe

Panko and Pesto Coated Chicken Breasts Recipe

Mornay sauce being stirred in a saucepan

How to Make Restaurant Quality Allemande Sauce Recipe

My Recipe To My Heart Attack

How Recognizing the Signs of a Heart Attack Saved My Life

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I’ve been cooking seriously since the mid-1980s — self-taught, a lot of trial and error, and genuinely interested in why things work in the kitchen. I started this site in 1997 because I couldn’t find cooking writing that explained the reasoning. Still at it.

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