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Oatcakes—savory, crumbly Scottish crackers—are delicious on their own, or with several slices of cheese.

The well-known combo spans cultures and cuisines, and is our favorite way to get dinner on the table. These 15 recipes showcase just some of what the ingredient duo has to offer.

Defined by a slice of pork that’s pounded out until it’s as big as a dinner plate and fried until crispy, this oversized Midwestern breaded pork tenderloin sandwich is crunchy, tender, and incredibly satisfying.

Fish, crustaceans, and mollusks are the stars of these hearty and comforting pescatarian recipes. From cioppino loaded with an assortment of seafood to spicy Malaysian fishhead curry and creamy Scottish smoked fish chowder, we've got plenty to keep you warm this chilly winter.

We tried the cooking oil solidifier to see if it actually worked—and if it made oil disposal easier and far less messy.

Curry powder is a spice blend that is part of many Asian, African, South American, and Caribbean cuisines. We spoke to several experts to learn more about curry powder’s history, how to shop for it, and how to use it across cuisines.

While baking soda is great for baking and odor protection, these five culinary applications go beyond that.

Le Creuset has a huge sale going on right now with some of our favorite pieces up to $200 off. We gathered the best last-minute deals on Dutch ovens, braisers, and more.

Thick and hearty, this taco-inspired ground beef soup is spiced with taco seasoning, studded with corn and pinto beans, and finished with a broiled layer of tortilla chips and cheese for a crunchy, melty Tex Mex taco–like topping.

From classic boeuf Bourguignon to Texan chili con carne and vibrant Nigerian beef stew, we've got you covered with the best beef stew recipes.

Dreo, a brand known for its fans and space heaters, released the BaristaMaker milk frother. We put it to the test to assess how well it can make silky smooth milk foam.

Moist and tender baked goods, creamy white wine frozen yogurt, and other dessert recipes to convince you that Greek yogurt is more than just a tasty snack.

This month, we’re turning to cozy and comforting dishes to get through the long and cold winter.

We tested 18 aprons by wearing, washing, and using them for weeks. The best ones were easy to adjust, comfortable, and kept our clothes clean.

Each bite of beef nilaga’s melt-in-your-mouth meat, buttery bits of bone marrow and tendon, and unctuous vegetable-laden beef broth is a symphony of textures and flavors. Here, Philippine-born chef Yana Gilbuena shares her recipe for the Filipino beef soup.

This cheesy spiced potato gratin is homey enough for a weeknight meal, but also impressive enough for a dinner party.

Rich and pleasantly bittersweet with crisp edges and a fudgy interior, this flourless chocolate cake will keep you coming back for more.

Bierocks—comforting beef-and-cabbage filled buns—were brought to Kansas and Nebraska by immigrants in the late 1800s and remain a Midwestern staple to this day.

Khoresh-é-ghormeh-sabzi is the most popular Persian meat stew. Browned lamb or beef is gently braised with aromatics, a medley of herbs, kidney beans, and whole Persian dried limes. The result is tender chunks of meat in a thick herbaceous sauce.

Amazon’s winter kitchen deals are filled with tested favorites like the Breville Barista Express Impress, Le Creuset Dutch oven, Anova sous vide machine, and more for up to 50% off.

Every one of these pasta recipes can be made with minimal effort, and in some cases, minimal ingredients.

A guide to making the most delicious version of Mississippi pot roast, the exceedingly simple dinner that’s taken the internet by storm.

In Taiwan, railway bento boxes are a beloved feature of the train system. One of the most popular meals is juicy fried pork chops braised in soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil. Recreate the meal at home with Clarissa Wei's pork chop recipe.

We tasted and reviewed 18 nonalcoholic spirits, apéritifs, and cocktails. Our five favorite zero-proof drinks were great for sipping, pairing, and sharing.

Whether you're a practicing vegetarian or just looking to cut meat out a few nights a week, you’ll find something you’ll love on this list of easy vegetarian dinner recipes.

Whether you're looking to go completely meatless or just want to cut back a bit, we've put together 14 deliciously warm and comforting flexitarian recipes that'll make it easy.

Instant Pots and other electric multicookers can cook up steel-cut oats with no need for stirring—while you sleep. It's a great way to get a hearty breakfast on the table on even the busiest mornings with almost no effort.

Avoid soggy, messy grilled cheese sandwiches with this one easy tip.

As an avid cheese enjoyer, I always use Formaticum cheese storage bags to help keep my cheeses fresh for longer. Grab a pack of 15 bags for $18.

Tadka, a South Asian cooking technique, gives these savory turmeric masala oats their bold flavor.

A luscious, bright green broccoli soup that’s rich and velvety without any dairy. When dotted with morsels of charred broccoli, melted leeks, and crisp-tender snap peas, it’s a nourishing one-pot meal that comes together in under an hour.

We tried 14 matchas to find the six best picks for every budget. Our favorites include options for beginners, everyday sippers, and matcha aficionados.

This recipe makes achieving farmers market-level apple fritters at home possible. With a few frying hacks, apple treatment, and glaze application, you can have the biggest, crunchiest, most delicious fritters ever.

In this farotto recipe, whole-grain farro delivers deeper flavor and a more substantial chew than traditional risotto made from rice. Here’s how to make a creamy, satisfying version packed with savory mushroom and sun-dried tomato flavor.

Williams Sonoma’s winter sale has deals on our top cookware picks, including Le Creuset Dutch ovens, Staub braisers, All-Clad frying pans, and more. Save up to 48% on tested favorites, up to $600 off.

Long before tanghulu—skewered fruit glazed in sugar—became a TikTok darling, it was a snack eaten by Chinese royalty. Today, it’s a popular street food in China and Taiwan. Here’s how to make your own jeweled lollipops at home.

Cooking couscous according to the packaging instructions is quick and easy, but it almost always results in sticky, unevenly cooked couscous. But this unique technique guarantees fluffy, perfectly cooked couscous every time.

Too often, broccoli stems get dumped in the trash, but their mild flavor and crisp, juicy center make them just as deserving of attention as the florets. Here are a few tips to put those neglected stalks to good use.

We rigorously tested how to achieve the creamiest copycat Starbucks sous-vide egg bites at home. This version features a silky custard-like egg mixture loaded with bacon and savory Grueyère cheese.

A parchment paper lid is very useful when making stews and braises, forming a semipermeable barrier that allows some evaporation and browning, but not too much.

Simmer black gram and kidney beans with spices, cream, and butter for dal makhani—a rich, comforting meal that’s typically reserved for special occasions in India.

Nonalcoholic wine is either entirely alcohol-free or has been dealcoholized. We tried 21 bottles to find 11 that were delicious and paired well with food.

Here's how to make crispy, tender fried okra with zero slime, plus a creamy, tangy comeback sauce for dipping those tasty pods.

Steel-cut oats usually take a while to slowly cook on the stovetop, but with a rice cooker perfect oatmeal is a completely hands-off affair.

For a simple pilaf that accentuates freekeh's unique chew and smoky flavor, it’s critical to soak the grains before cooking and pair it with warm spices and aromatics.

Recipe developer Craig Ruff employed a number of techniques to make the juiciest, crispiest Southern fried shrimp, but this one tip seals the deal—and it requires zero effort.

While bell peppers are undoubtedly tasty raw, we think they're even better roasted, stuffed, stewed, braised, or stir fried. These recipes make the most of their sweet, fruity, savory, and grassy flavors, giving you 10 more reasons to pick more up in the produce aisle.

Whether you're participating in Veganuary or are just looking to throw in a few meatless days here and there, we've got 10 delicious vegan dinner recipes that won't disappoint.

We tested 11 meal kit services and found four that provide delicious, filling meals. We examined the packaging and noted if the recipes were easy to follow.

Le Creuset is offering steep discounts on its most popular cookware during the 2025 winter sale. We’ve rounded up the best deals from our tested reviews.

Serious Eats has published over 800 recipes, articles, and galleries, in 2024, which means we published over 3,000 images to the site in 2024. Here are our editors' favorite ones of the year.

From taste tests to equipment reviews and a few reported deep dives, these are the pieces our readers clicked on most this year.

As we approach 2025, grab kitchen upgrades with these end-of-year sales on some of our favorite gear. You can save up to $200 on the best Breville espresso machine, KitchenAid stand mixer, OXO coffee grinder, and more kitchen gear we’ve vetted.

Single-use plastic items are an environmental nightmare, and they're everywhere in modern American kitchens. Here's how to address that issue in your home kitchen.

Nutella's squat, oddly shaped jar has become a culinary icon across the globe, thanks to the rich and creamy chocolate-and-hazelnut spread housed within. While the marriage of chocolate and hazelnut may seem as natural as that of salt and pepper or bread and butter, its origin story isn't nearly so simple.

From taste tests to saucy, scientific deep dives, these are the Serious Eats IG posts you loved (and trolled) the most this year.

Cozy up with a bowl of thick chicken broth packed with vegetables, shredded chicken, and light, fluffy dumplings.

The culinary and editorial staff discusses their favorite new recipes of the year.

Many people believe that Japanese knives are the best in the world. We visited the Takefu Knife Village to see how some of the most respected knife-making masters in Japan practice their craft.

The holidays may be over, but the kitchen deals haven’t stopped. We rounded up our favorite sales on gear we’ve tested and recommended, including a Breville espresso machine, Vitamix blender, and budget-friendly work.

Every January, French families gather to eat galette des rois—kings' cake—a crisp, flaky pastry filled with fragrant almond cream.

With a puffy-yet-crunchy exterior and a nostalgic sweetness throughout, this homemade fried Oreo recipe will transport you to your favorite fair, tailgate, and/or childhood memory.

From updated classics to notes taken from grandma, these our the recipes from our newsletter that got your attention this year.

These bacon-wrapped shrimp with a sweet and savory soy sauce–hot honey glaze are perfect for parties. The shrimp are tender, the bacon crisp, and the glaze gives the exterior a caramelized flavor and texture and beautiful sheen.

From air-fried everything to Caesared spins and a whole lot of potatoes, these are the snack and appetizer recipes you clicked on most this year.

This risotto alternative made with farro is easy, satisfying, and so, so delicious.

This French pear and almond tart is easy enough to whip up on a weeknight—and elegant enough for a festive holiday party.

This tuna salad recipe uses labneh instead of mayonnaise and incorporates ingredients like quick-pickled onions, carrots, and dill to enhance the flavor.

This recipe is for just two thick, gooey, chocolate chip cookies. No special equipment is needed, and they take just 20 minutes from start to finish to make.

We tested the Wacaco Picopresso for over six months, pulling espresso shot after espresso shot to test the portable espresso maker’s efficiency, consistency, and quality. It didn’t disappoint.

After sampling seven different eggnogs you're likely to find at your local supermarket, we crowned an overall winner we’d be happy to serve at our own holiday parties, plus a few other worthy contenders.

These little pecan pies triple-down on the pecan flavor in the crust, the filling, and as a topping. They're buttery, gooey, nutty, and ready for your holiday party.

My recipe for poached pears takes inspiration from the London fog, a beverage that consists of Earl Grey tea, vanilla syrup, and steamed milk. There’s no milk here, but there’s plenty of fragrant Earl Grey tea and a whole vanilla bean, which gives the poaching liquid a delicate floral flavor and subtle sweetness.

Red wine poached pears—poire à la Beaujolaise—are a classic French dessert that's easy to prepare but elegant enough for a dinner party.

Made with butter, sugar, eggs, and ground almonds, French pastry chefs use almond cream to fill tart shells, cookies, and croissants for a sweet, nutty bite.

With crispy edges and tender, slightly dense centers, bacalaitos, Puerto Rican fried salt cod fritters, are a great snack or appetizer to feed a crowd.

These French slice-and-bake cookies are rich, sweet, buttery, and perfect for the holidays or any time of year.

With their green, white, and red stripes, rainbow cookies are meant to look like little Italian flags. The multicolored layers are flavored with almond paste and stacked together between thin layers of jam, then topped with rich dark chocolate.

Baltimore’s Beloved cake-like cookies are piled with thick, fudgy chocolate icing—the thicker the better.

Thank your holiday hosts this season with tested favorites like an OXO garlic press or Lodge cast iron skillet. We gathered 8 useful hostess gifts that are all under $25.

These tender, fluffy biscuits with a crispy crust are literally swimming in a pool of butter. They've been a Southern specialty for years, but have recently gained a wider online fan base because they're so simple to whip up at home. Make them for a holiday brunch and then watch these buttery biscuits disappear.

To give every bite of this roast pork loin plenty of flavor, we butterfly and coat its interior with a potent pancetta, garlic and herb blend, then roll it, tie it, and reverse sear it for an impressive holiday-worthy centerpiece.

Potato pancakes require extreme efforts for proper moisture removal. But with this easy trick, we can get away with just a little less effort.

A warm drink of citrus, black tea, and warm spices, Southern friendship tea—aka Russian tea—is tangy, robust, and perfect for a cold winter’s morning or a festive holiday party.

These slightly sweet fried cakes with a golden crust are enjoyed across the Caribbean as a snack or a side to a savory main.

“Sablé,” which means “sand” or “sandy” in French, refers to the dough’s crumbly texture when baked. Here's how to make the dough and turn it into a tart shell for an elegant dessert.

These tender brown sugar shortbread cookies are rich and buttery, with a savory kick from just the right amount of salt.

You need the right pots and pans to cook a big meal. Here are the kitchen tools, cooking utensils, and gadgets you need to host a holiday dinner.

After tasting 19 different hot chocolate mixes, we crowned an overall winner we’d be happy to sip on the night before Christmas (or any other night!), plus other worthy contenders.

Bread flour and all-purpose flour serve very different purposes when it comes to cooking and baking. I spoke to the culinary experts on the Serious Eats team to learn more about how to use them and if you can substitute one for the other.

Cookies are synonymous with the holidays, and these are the 11 cookie recipes our staff always makes this time of year.

All the comforting flavors of a lasagna bolognese—meaty sauce, creamy besciamella, and savory Parmigiano-Reggiano—sliced into beautiful, individually portioned rosettes and baked in a casserole.

The ThermoPro TP20 was our budget pick out of the 20 wireless meat thermometers we tested. It’s fast, accurate, and now on sale for $45.

A baking expert explains the pros and cons of both—and when to use either one.

This sweet noodle kugel has a creamy, custardy interior, crispy-on-top noodles, and just the right amount of raisins (or no raisins at all, if you prefer).

This holiday season, take the time to make your own British mince pies, which have a boozy mixture of grated fresh apples, dried fruit, brown sugar, and citrus.

Using lemon juice and zest in both the cookie dough and sprinkled over the glaze gives these slice-and-bake sugar cookies a bright citrus flavor.

There’s still time to grab stocking stuffers for your favorite cook. Some of our favorite kitchen tools are on sale for under $20 and will fit in most stockings.

Setting a holiday table requires the essentials: beautiful glassware, dishwasher-safe dinnerware, a large set of flatware, and table linens. Here are our top picks.

This pan has a removable bottom and even heat conduction, which makes it great for baking and transferring delicate cakes.