The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Cheesemaking

We’ve teamed up with Europe Home of Cheese: Austrian Cheese to share all the beauty—and allll the cheese—that Austria has to offer. Austria’s mountainous landscape is home to 100% GMO-free dairy production, which makes for some truly iconic and undeniably delicious curds. Austri … | Continue reading


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30 Best Pumpkin Dessert Recipes to Bake Immediately

It’s pumpkin szn, baby! Light up a white pumpkin candle from Bath & Body Works! Arrange velvet pumpkins on your bookshelves! Tell yourself that this is the year you’re going to leaf-peep across Vermont and then never do it! Watch Gilmore Girls on repeat until your eyes and ears b … | Continue reading


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Your Best Summer Salad, as Chosen by the Food52 Community

Our latest contest theme, Your Best Summer Salad, challenged our talented and creative community to create a salad using the plethora of fresh and delicious produce available in the summer. We can always count on our community to rally together, and the entries did not disappoint … | Continue reading


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9 Comforting Dinner Ideas Made Easy With Store-Bought Pasta Sauce

We’re teaming up with Primal Kitchen® to bring cozy-fresh flavor to your fall cooking routine. It all starts with their lineup of delicious sauces, dressings, condiments, and more (including dairy-free options), made using thoughtful, high-quality ingredients. When it comes to w … | Continue reading


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The Absolute Best Way to Make S'mores

In Absolute Best Tests, Ella Quittner destroys the sanctity of her home kitchen in the name of the truth. She's boiled dozens of eggs, mashed a concerning number of potatoes, and seared more Porterhouse steaks than she cares to recall. Today, she tackles s’mores. I used to think … | Continue reading


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Our Most Popular Recipes in September

Summer has come and gone, but we can’t possibly say goodbye without highlighting our most popular recipes from September (and singing Wake Me Up When September Ends one more time for good measure).  The thing with this time of year is that no one really knows what to make of it—s … | Continue reading


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Dozens of Cheese Products Have Been Recalled, Due to a Listeria Outbreak

In trying times, few things in life can bring comfort like a crock of macaroni and cheese or baked brie in puff pastry. Unfortunately, you might need to stay away from certain types of cheese for a few weeks. Late last week, the FDA announced that Old Europe Cheese, Inc. issued a … | Continue reading


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Our Top 2 Best Summer Salads

Nothing says "summer" like a perfect salad showcasing the peak of fresh produce. Whether plucked from your garden or picked up from a local farmer's market or grocery store, this is the time to enjoy the fleeting wonder of these ingredients in their prime. We asked for our Commun … | Continue reading


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12 Fall-Ready Recipes for the Whole Family

We’ve teamed up with BLACK+DECKER® to share a few of our favorite weeknight recipes for the whole family. Bonus: They come together in a flash thanks to the BLACK+DECKER® kitchen wand™, a cordless kitchen multitool with attachments that can whisk, blend, froth, grind, and more—it … | Continue reading


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Can Cheese Combat Climate Change?

The threat of climate change loomed large above Vermont’s 2022 Cheese Summit. I was invited to the event to taste and learn about local cheeses, made by the state’s eclectic roster of producers—and I did so, gladly. But as the weekend wore on, it became increasingly clear that, d … | Continue reading


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87,000 Pounds of Ready-to-Eat Meat Products Are Recalled

Before you prepare pulled pork sandwiches or sausage and peppers for dinner tonight, check the meat in your fridge. Behrmann Meat and Processing Inc has recalled 87,382 pounds (nearly 44 tons) of assorted ready-to-eat pork and beef products, due to possible listeria contamination … | Continue reading


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Socca Is the Crêpe of the South

The French, by and large, do not eat standing up, though there are a few exceptions to this largely unspoken rule: the quignon of a warm baguette, torn off and consumed as the loaf is transported home. Petit gris snails, which, in Occitanie, are grilled over vinewood, flambéed wi … | Continue reading


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The Best Shelf-Stable Emergency Foods, Tasted & Explained

Floods in Kentucky. Fires out west. Hurricane season in the South. And with winter right around the corner, it’s time to consider how prepared you are for natural disasters. The CDC recommends Americans have, at any given time, at least a three-day supply of water and food that d … | Continue reading


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Why Is Umami So Hard to Describe?

Chef Kevin Tien started cooking professionally 15-odd years ago, around the time umami, the pleasantly savory fifth taste, catapulted into the national conversation after scientists identified umami taste receptors on the human tongue. If you’d asked Tien to describe what it tast … | Continue reading


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15 Stylish Desk Accessories to Make Your Office Shine

This list of the best, most stylish desk accessories is a little selfish, as it comprises all the white, gold, and acrylic office supplies that I stock in my own home. Away with dowdy black accessories and in with modern, elegant pieces. After working from home (err, couch) for t … | Continue reading


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The Internet's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie, Straight From Simply Genius

These miraculous cookies are somehow even easier, faster, and—I'll say it—better than the recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag. There is no waiting, no ambiguity—is my butter soft enough? room temp eggs…even when it’s 90°F?—about when to pass go. (Butter: Cold from the fr … | Continue reading


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The Absolute Best Way to Grill Vegetables

In Absolute Best Tests, Ella Quittner destroys the sanctity of her home kitchen in the name of the truth. She's boiled dozens of eggs, mashed a concerning number of potatoes, and seared more Porterhouse steaks than she cares to recall. Today, she tackles cheeseburgers. If I’m no … | Continue reading


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A New Purple Tomato Will Hit Produce Departments in 2023

Depending on your tastes, your favorite variety of tomato probably ranges from a red Beefsteak to a green Zebra to even a yellow Grape. One thing’s for sure: your go-to type of tomato probably isn’t purple. But thanks to a recent announcement by the US Department of Agriculture, … | Continue reading


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This Is Why There’s a Fish Head on Your Rosh Hashanah Table

It was the moment we’d all been waiting for—or more accurately, slightly dreading: time to consume the fish heads. My mom picked them up from the fishmonger that morning, and they’d sat in a plastic, ice-filled bag on the counter, my siblings and I giving it a wide berth. Now, gl … | Continue reading


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Don’t Have a Cow But There’s a Major Butter Shortage

As we enter prime baking season, one essential ingredient may be harder to come by—and more expensive—than in years past: butter. According to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, the quantity of butter in cold storage recently hit its lowest level since 2017, thanks to … | Continue reading


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Everything You Need to Know About Food52 Pantry

Sebastian Sardo isn’t a fan of whole wheat pasta. It’s hard to find a good one and even when you do, it’s not very good. So Sardo, the brand manager for Food52 Pantry, made it his mission to find a producer of delicious pasta that had the nuttiness and texture of whole wheat past … | Continue reading


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Food52 Pantry Has Arrived! Here Are Alllll the Recipes to Cook & Bake ASAP

The Food52 Pantry is here! We believe that behind every good cook, there’s a great pantry, so we created a collection of the very best products. Think: five varieties of top-notch chocolate; canned Italian tomatoes grown on a co-op farm; hand-packed anchovies and thick tuna fille … | Continue reading


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Our Community's Best Five Summer Salads

Here are our community's best summer salads! In our latest contest, we asked you to wow us with your best summer salad. With farmers markets bursting at the seams, there was plenty of inspiration just waiting to adorn a salad bowl. The entries were bright and thoughtful, keeping … | Continue reading


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An Announcement About the Future of Food52

Please join me in welcoming Alex Bellos, my new co-CEO and partner, as we lead Food52 into the future. | Continue reading


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A New Orleans Chef Finds a Place for Fusion in the Black Diaspora’s Cuisine

In a quaint, restored house in the New Orleans Uptown neighborhood, the scent of spices like clove, paprika, cayenne, and garlic wafts through the windows. Those walking by can, at once, catch a scent of briny, freshly caught blue crab and the piquant smell of scotch bonnet. The … | Continue reading


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7 Aldi Fall Finds That Are Brand-New This Year

Whether you like it or not, the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte has made its triumphant return to stores, marking the unofficial arrival of fall and all things basic. This ceremonious event greenlights other companies to follow suit in debuting their own seasonal food and drink ite … | Continue reading


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This Food-Inspired Apparel Brand Lets You Wear Your Snacks on Your Sleeve

This article is part of an interview series called Ladies Who (Wear) Lunch, an exploration of the intersection of food and fashion. I’m a sucker for food puns. But I’m not the only one. Read More >> | Continue reading


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The Best Countertop Convection Ovens, According to Experts

A countertop convection oven is a workhouse in the kitchen. It can quickly reheat a cheesy slice of leftover pizza. It can roast potatoes to get them nice and crispy. It can bake ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookies or toast a simple piece of bread to be spread with butter for break … | Continue reading


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How to Use a Clothes Steamer Properly, According to the Pros

If you need to de-wrinkle a dress shirt but don’t feel like breaking out your ironing board, a garment steamer can get the job done just as well… if you know the right way to use it. Clothing steamers use hot steam—typically 200 degrees or more—to smooth out fabric and release wr … | Continue reading


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My Hometown’s Salty-Sweet Sundae Still Holds Up 90 Years After Its Invention

I’m from Canton, Ohio–the meat-and-potatoes middle of the country. A town most famous for being home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and lots of cream soup–based casseroles. It’s the kind of Midwestern place where the food is abundant and uncomplicated, often forgettable and occ … | Continue reading


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The Best Milk Frothers for Creamy, Dreamy Foam

I need multiple drinks at all times. There are practical ones (hello, water) and just-for-fun drinks, like fizzy kombucha and sweet, syrupy soda. Plain and simple, you’ll rarely find me without a beverage—or two or three. I put great care into setting myself up for refreshment su … | Continue reading


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Dry Your Own Herbs and You'll Never Have to Buy Bottled Again

Can You Dig It is a monthly series by Kristin Guy in which a real-life garden DIY is tackled with style. Whether you’ve got an expansive outdoor plot or just a few houseplants, Kristin will inspire you to grow even more with easy-to-accomplish projects and horticultural know-how. … | Continue reading


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What is Chianti, Really? Chianti Classico and the Black Rooster Explained

Scanning the wine list at an Italian restaurant, you might pick Chianti strictly out of familiarity, especially if you’re new to wine. After all, you’ve probably wandered past a dozen or so bottles labeled “Chianti” at your local wine shop. You may remember the jug your grandpare … | Continue reading


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5 Best Tahini Substitutes Because Oops, I'm Out Again

At home, I fly through tahini at an alarming rate, adding it to almost everything I make. I have a gift (though some may say it’s a curse) for making the creamy, toasty Middle Eastern staple disappear, spreading it on toast with honey and cinnamon, swirling it into brownie batter … | Continue reading


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These 6 Halloween Décor Trends Are Going to Be *Everywhere* This Year

If you’re like me, you probably get excited at the first sign of leaves changing, signaling the fall—and more importantly Halloween—is right around the corner. I generally wait until the end of September to start putting up my Halloween décor, but if you want to get a jump on the … | Continue reading


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A Low-Pressure Guide to Using a Pressure Cooker

The OG pressure cooker has been a staple in home kitchens all over the world for hundreds of years—way before the buzzy Instant Pot came to the scene. The versions on the market today have more bells and whistles (and safety features) than the ones from the 1600s, but the cooking … | Continue reading


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How to Keep Your Cats Off the Kitchen Counter, Once & For All

After several years of model behavior, one of my cats recently discovered that very tasty food like shredded chicken is often left on the kitchen counter at dinnertime. Now, it seems like I can’t turn my back without Henry sneakily jumping on the counter to grab a bite.  Henry is … | Continue reading


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How to Freeze Bananas So They Don’t Totally & Completely Rot

It’s a tale as old as time: you buy a bunch of bananas at the grocery store with every intention to eat them with breakfast or lunch daily for the next five days, but they inevitably go bad before you get the chance. Banana bread is a great way to use up overripe bananas (as we a … | Continue reading


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25 Thanksgiving Pie Recipes, From Timeless Treats to Autumnal Hybrids

I would happily attend a Thanksgiving feast centered entirely around pies (Grandma, are you listening?). Away with the cranberry sauce that still shows the lines from the can, out with the impossibly dry turkey, and farewell to 1960s casseroles. Instead, I’m welcoming pies, pies, … | Continue reading


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The Best Labor Day Home and Kitchen Sales We’re Shopping

And just like that, summer is coming to an end. While we won’t miss the humidity or the heat waves, we’ll definitely miss lazy afternoons in the sun and endless picnics. There is one thing we’re looking forward to though: major Labor Day weekend sales on all things home and kitch … | Continue reading


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Level Up Your Labor Day Recipes With This Bar Cart Staple

We’ve teamed up with ANGOSTURA® bitters to send off summer in style—with plenty of bitters-filled beverages and snacks, of course. This centuries-old spirits brand has inspired iconic recipes since 1824, from the Old Fashioned to the Manhattan. When temperatures rise, we all cra … | Continue reading


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The Culinary Traditions of Mainland Europe’s Only Indigenous People

The road into Huuva Hideaway narrows the closer you get to Liehittäjä—a village just south of the Arctic Circle populated almost exclusively by 22 relatives of the Huuva family. Liehittäjä is deep into Sápmi country—the cultural home of what many consider to be mainland Europe’s … | Continue reading


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5 Tips for Hosting the Comfiest Movie Night

We’ve teamed up with the audio innovators at Sonos to give your family movie nights a makeover. Their collection of smart soundbars—from the compact Ray to their top-selling Arc— allows you to customize your home theater experience, and make the movies come to life. Occasionally … | Continue reading


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6 Ways to Add a Touch of Wildness to Your Garden

Even if you’re not an avid gardener, you may have noticed a shift in garden design in recent years. Gone are the perfectly manicured designs of the past—now, wilder, more naturalistic gardens like the High Line in New York City or the Lurie Garden in Chicago are en vogue, and if … | Continue reading


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You're Not Alone—Olive Oil Is Really, Really Expensive Right Now

If you bookmarked Carolina Gelen’s recipe for Orange-Cardamom Olive Oil Cake to bake on a rainy day, do it now. Olive oil is about to get a lot more expensive. According to a recent BBC report, olive oil prices could increase between 20 and 25 percent in the next 3 to 4 months. A … | Continue reading


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AllModern’s Latest Decor Collab Throws It Back to Mid-Century Design

Attention, color lovers: If you’re in the market to add some patterned pieces to your space, you won’t want to miss out on the all-new AllModern x Jason Wu collaboration featuring a collection of rugs, pillows, and throws. You might recognize Jason Wu from the fashion world—his l … | Continue reading


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Move Aside, Thin Mints: There's a New Girl Scout Cookie In Town

Sadly, I never got to be a Girl Scout, but boy did I dream of being a walking fudge brownie, passing out Tagalongs in exchange for cold, hard cash with total strangers outside my hometown Walmart. What’s that smell? Freshly baked shortbread mixed with a little bit of capitalism? … | Continue reading


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Capri Sun Has Been Recalled Because It’s Diluted With Cleaning Solution

Here comes the sun and I say, it’s actually not all right. More than five thousand cases of Capri Sun—5,760 to be exact—have been recalled due to possible contamination of cleaning solution. While I respect Kraft Heinz’s rigorous attempt to deep clean their production facilities, … | Continue reading


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