Vodka sauce was invented because adding vodka to tomatoes allegedly "stabilizes the reactivity" and "reaches flavors in tomatoes otherwise inaccessible." Does that mean regular sauce is temperamental and emotionally unavailable? Let's find out.
Read MoreA basic mac and cheese using pantry-lingerer evaporated milk as a base which, like most unsexy and reliable things in life, asks nothing of you yet has the power to give you everything you need.
Read MoreIn the chaotic turbulence of existence, there is comfort in that which refuses to change. And here we are, eating piccata like it’s 1989.
Read MoreRisotto is a dish people avoid for good reasons, but not necessarily worthwhile reasons. While it seems aggressively temperamental, it’s a lot like the sea: be confident with it, show it respect, but don’t ever trust it too much.
Read MoreAn hourlong, throw-it-together soup that’s ideal for when it’s cold and dark (like right now) but you’re not looking for a project, or for when you don’t want to get your hands dough-dirty but do want your house to smell like a pizza parlor.
Read MoreThere are Lamb People, and Not Lamb People. If you’re the latter, this lamb might be the one to try: it won’t change your life, but it might change your perspective.
Read MoreMy mom told me she’d kill me if I gave you hers. I’m not gonna test her, so instead I’ll give you mine, inspired by 100 years of matriarchal death threats and an inability to find pork neckbones in this economy.
Read MoreI’ve heard this soup be described as “a hug in a bowl,” but if you’re looking to get hugged by hot wet porridge, then I’m not sure you and I are on the same page about what affection looks like.
Read MoreOne of those extremely practical recipes that’s so painfully obvious, I almost forgot to publish it.
Read MoreA fall-welcoming PSL alternative for the non-PSL people.
Read MoreSummer Italian cooking aesthetics: minimal dishes, fresh herbs, and lots really good tomatoes.
Read MoreNot quite a chili, not quite a soup, but something sort of perfect in between.
Read MoreA Very Easy Not Recipe for short days and long weeks.
Read MoreMeet the deeper, darker, gothic cousin of pasta e ceci: another dish in the easy, low-maintenance category, with only five ingredients total and no need to drain the beans. Bonus: the wine’s already open.
Read MoreBasically everything about Panera I love and none of the actual going to Panera I don’t. Bread bowl not required.
Read MoreWhen you want a sausage and mushroom pizza for dinner but also pasta and you also need a shot of vodka you end up with this and that is okay.
Read MoreWesteros may not have had the electricity required to operate an Instant Pot, but I do and I am here to tell you this stew is the kind of tender, shreddy braised bowl of meat and earth-toned root vegetables that the North WILL REMEMBER.
Read MoreWhat makes a bolognese "authentic” vs. one that will cause someone’s grandmother a reason to come back from the dead and kill you? I read all the internet comments, so you don't have to!
Read MoreFor when you just can't with your day, here's something you can. Especially because 3 of the 4 ingredients are ones you probably already have.
Read MoreNeed something to do on a medium-to-cold Sunday night that isn't a) laundry or b) feeling sorry for yourself? If yes, then take part in this lil resurrection experiment: bringing a version OG Noodles & Co Mushroom Stroganoff back from the creamy, delicious dead.
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