Personal Essays
Our personal essays offer thoughtful perspectives on the roles that food, drink, cooking, and gathering over meals play in all of our lives.
This Is Our Most Popular Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe of All Time
The Easiest Flavor Shortcut for Weeknight Cooking Is Already in Your Fridge
Celebrate Spring the Persian Way With Herb-Packed Eggs, Crispy-Bottomed Rice, and Sweets to Share
7 Easy Ways I Use This Middle Eastern Pantry Staple To Make Dinner More Flavorful
Think Girl Dinner Is Easy? This No-Cook British Lunch Is Even Easier
These 8 Dishes Actually Taste Better With Day-Old Rice
Make-Ahead Tips for the Ultimate Charcuterie Board for Your Party
The 2025 Food Trends Our Editors Are Done With—and the 2 They Love
The Ancient Spice That Replaces Garlic and Onion With a Pinch
Meet Canada’s Coziest Comfort Food—and It's Not Poutine
10 Easy Sheet-Pan Thanksgiving Recipes for Easy Cooking—and Cleanup!
12 Essential Cake Tips From Baking Legend Dorie Greenspan
Stuffing Your Turkey Could Make You Sick—Here's What Our Editors Do Instead
The Thanksgiving Shortcuts Our Editors Swear By for Easier Cooking
8 Shortcut Dinners Our Editors Swear By When Cooking Feels Impossible
I Grew Up With Harissa. Here’s How I Use It on Everything
How I Turn Leftover Rice Into a Bowl of Pure Comfort
Think Candy Corn Tastes Like Candle Wax and Sadness? Science Says There’s a Reason
How I Unlocked the Secrets of NYC's Most Famous Salad at Home
I'm a Food Editor Who's Tested Hundreds of Recipes—This Is the Cookbook I Keep Coming Back To
The Lazy Dinners Our Editors Turn to When Recipes Feel Like Too Much Work
The Vintage Gadget I Didn't Expect to Love—That Makes Veggies Crunchy and Deliciously Dippable
Pizza Croutons Are the Lazy Yet Brilliant Upgrade Your Salad Needs
How I Turn Butter Into Liquid Gold—And Why It Makes Everything Taste Better
How This Home-Cook–Friendly Ramen Recipe Delivers Restaurant-Level Flavor
My Simple Ingredient Swap for the Coziest Fall Desserts
The Pantry Pasta I Rely On When I Have No Time and No Plan
This Chef-Inspired Meal Prep Shortcut Takes the Stress Out of Weeknight Dinners
The 15-Minute Vegetarian Dinner I Make When I Don’t Feel Like Cooking
A Food Editor's Meal-Prep Shortcut for Stress-Free Meals All Week Long
For That Elusive Coconut-Vanilla Aroma, I Reach for This Unexpected Ingredient
The 17 Food Photos From 2025 That Made Our Editors Instantly Hungry
Stop Overlooking Fig Leaves—Here's How to Unlock Their Flavor
Our Editors' Favorite Serious Eats Articles of 2025
This 1970s Mushroom Soup Is Still the Most Comforting Meal I Know How to Make
Small, Tart, and Powerful: The Flavor Booster That's Brightened Persian Meals for Centuries
The 8 Kitchen Shortcuts Our Editors Refuse to Take—and You Shouldn’t Either
The Retro Japanese Cafes Where Coffee, Jazz, and Nostalgia Collide
8 Kitchen Shortcuts Our Editors Use to Make Life Easier
I Grew up Eating Dates Every Day—Here’s the Best Way to Cook With Them
The Scariest Kitchen Tasks, According to Serious Eats Editors
I Make Dinner in 2 Minutes With This Versatile Ingredient
The Kid Is All Right: In Defense of Picky Eating
I Eat Canned Sardines Every Week. These Are 6 Easy Ways I Prep Them at Home
The Recipes Even Our Pro Editors Won't Cook at Home
So Long, Pumpkin Spice: Meet Fall's Most Surprising "Spice"
This Pantry Ingredient Boosts Flavor Instantly—So Why Is It Still Controversial?
These Melting Potatoes Are Golden, Custardy, and Impossible to Resist
The Marinated Cheese That Quietly Went From Hidden Gem to Cult Favorite
Turn Store-Bought Dip Into This Rich Pasta Sauce in Minutes
I'm a 3-Time Beer Mile World Champion. Here's What Most People Get Wrong About the Sport
The Easiest Pasta Sauce Is Already in Your Fridge
The Burrito That Tastes Like Home, Even When I’m 3,000 Miles Away
My Mom's Secret Ingredient Makes Everything Taste Better
Food Snobs Hate This American Classic—Here's Why They're Wrong
The Easy Corn Salad I Make Every Summer
This Centuries-Old Ingredient Makes Almost Everything Taste Like Magic
The Only Blueberry Pie My Husband Will Eat
The 10-Minute, Restaurant-Worthy Dinner I Make Several Times a Month
The Genius Tomato Sauce Upgrade Italians Have Always Known About
In Praise of Ugly Food
Reconnecting With Eid Traditions in a New Home
I Pitched "Hangry" for Dictionary Inclusion in 2003 and Was Rejected
A Love Letter to Matzo