[:en] A professional kitchen is a well-oiled machine maintained by routine. Throughout my time as a server, line cook, and barista at restaurants and cafes, I relished the solace of opening in the quiet hours before sunrise, in preparation for
[:en] Perfectly cooked eggs seem like one of those goals the Instant Pot was designed to vanquish from the stove top forever, but the truth is that Instant Pot boiled eggs aren’t always as consistent as we might hope. Every
[:en] Any professional chef will tell you that good knives are only to be sharpened manually and with a whetstone—electric knife sharpeners are for the uneducated, who don’t truly care about their tools. So like any self-respecting cook (someone who
[:en] Ideally, you’d “store” fresh herbs in the garden, never snipping more than you needed. The chives on your scrambled eggs, the cilantro on your tacos, and the basil on your pizza would always be bright, fragrant, and bursting with
Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook. For any of the reasons you might want to eat less meat, this recipe is
How many times have you cut into a pineapple, only for it to be pale yellow, dry, and painfully tart? To add salt to the wound, pineapples are one of those fruits that stop ripening as soon as they are
I had been seeing the name all over New York City, first at Smorgasburg (an open-air food market in Brooklyn), then at Chelsea Market: Big Mozz. Their specialty (in case you hadn’t guessed) is extra-large mozzarella sticks. Bigger than the
Alice Medrich My career was sparked by a single bite of a chocolate truffle, made by my Paris landlady in 1972. I returned home to open this country’s first chocolate bakery and dessert shop, Cocolat, and I am often “blamed”
[:en] Coffee cake is the food of slow, reassuring deliberateness—the food of waiting rooms and break rooms, picnics and funerals, holiday brunches and Sunday mornings. You can’t rush when you eat a piece of coffee cake. I think there’s an
[:en] We’ve partnered with Vitamix to share recipes, videos, and tips that bring a touch of excitement and innovation to tried-and-true dishes. First up, a beloved breakfast staple: the omelet. The secret to an extra-fluffy omelet is as easy as