How to Cook an iPad

Posted by Marcy Franklin, Editor
How to Cook an iPad
Maybe they confused apples with Apple products? In the weirdest cooking videos we've seen yet, chefs set to destroy their precious iPads toss their $500 products into boiling water, the... read more

Social Media Is a More Popular Recipe Source Than Mom

Posted by Yasmin Fahr, Special Contributor
Recipe Box
While many people still cherish the recipe boxes of their grandmothers and mothers, filled with scribbled notes, stained recipes, or collections of magazine cutouts, the new generation is turning to... read more

A Cook’s Best Friend in the Kitchen

Posted by Yasmin Fahr, Special Contributor
Chicken and Artichokes
The lists of gadgets and cookware on wedding registries is astounding — do people really need all of that stuff? Not really. Being a good cook doesn’t mean owning fancy equipment or... read more

Kale Is the New Bacon

Posted by Yasmin Fahr, Special Contributor
Kale Chips
Reading this headline, it’s hard to imagine kale (a superfood) having anything to do with bacon (a heavy meat product), let alone being the new bacon. But think back several years to the bacon... read more

What to Do Without a Microwave

Posted by Yasmin Fahr, Special Contributor
Frozen peas
Who doesn’t have a microwave in this day and age? Well, me, for one. Several years ago, I realized how rarely I actually used my microwave and tossed it out (living in New York with minimal... read more

What Is Sous Vide?

Posted by Margot Greenwald , Writer
Vacuum-Sealed Meat
With new cooking terms and techniques constantly popping up, this is an exciting time to be a cook. But sometimes they can seem so challenging or mysterious, one can’t help wondering if some of... read more

The 10 Best iPad Cooking Apps

Posted by Michelle Kiefer, Special Contributor
ProChef
Cooking isn’t the same anymore. It’s not that home cooking isn’t blossoming or that our grandmothers’ recipes don’t still hold value, but the way people understand and... read more

What Is a Slow Cooker?

Posted by Will Budiaman, Editor
Slow Cooker
The Crock-Pot has become synonymous with the slow cooker, in the same manner that people "Xerox" documents instead of "copying" them and ask for a "Kleenex" instead of a... read more