Homemade Ice Cream Bars

Ice cream bars are a very, very personal thing. Which is exactly why we love this approach, which essentially allows you to make whatever custom combination of store-bought ice cream, chocolate, and coatings you fancy.

12 hrs

How To Make Cold Brew Coffee

The perfect cold brew coffee relies on exactly the right ratio of coffee grounds to water. And just a little patience. We can help you with the former.

1 d

Homemade Cherry Liqueur

The only real trick to this stiff summery sensation is resisting the temptation to snitch a swig before it's time.

2 d

Smoked Whole Chicken

Juicy, tender, and subtly spiced, this Texas-style smoked chicken is as good as barbecue gets with its intriguing four-ingredient spice rub that beautifully melds heat with sweet.

4 hrs 5 mins

Easy Cream Biscuits

Scandalously simple. Ethereally airy. Magical. That's but a sampling of what folks are saying about these two-ingredient, Southern-style cream biscuits.

30 mins

Frozen Margarita

There are those people who feel a frozen margarita is a lesser margarita. We are not those people.

10 mins

Choriqueso

Choriqueso = chorizo (spicy Mexican sausage) + queso (Spanish for cheese) melted into a puddle in a skillet. Perfect for dipping.

10 mins

Homemade Hummus

Let's get clear about what hummus is and what it ain't. Real hummus tastes like nothing but hummus. Not fancy. Just perfect.

1 hr

No-Knead Artisan Bread

Um, 5 minutes hands-on time for a loaf of bread? Please. That's nothing. Nothing short of a miracle.

5 hrs

Ina Garten’s Grilled Cheese Croutons

Step one: Make a childhood favorite. Step two: Cut it into squares. Step three: Dunk, drop, or plop into tomato soup. Step four: Sigh with content.

10 mins

Salt and Pepper Rib Eye Steak

Rib eye steak. Salt. Pepper. Flame. And this technique. That's all it takes to create one of the most superlative suppers known to man.

1 hr 50 mins

Therapeutic Drink to Ward Off Colds

Forget Robitussin. This fragrant infusion not only makes a run to the pharmacy unnecessary, but it goes down with far, far more ease than that syrupy medicinal stuff.

15 mins

Champagne Truffles

Got leftover Champange? Or simply seeking an excuse to open a bottle of bubbly? Good. We've got the most splurge-worthy use for it ever thanks to these creamy, fudgy, boozy, ganache-gilded little orbs.

8 hrs 15 mins

Easy Eggnog

Ever since trying this eggnog, we can't make it through the holiday season without it. All the richness. None of the cloying sweetness or regret-it-the-next-day heaviness.

5 mins

French Butter Cookies

Call them whatever you will. Breton butter cookies. French biscuits. Sables. We call them simply impossible to stop noshing.

2 hrs 30 mins

Maple Roasted Parsnips

Just three ingredients--parsnips, maple syrup, and olive oil. And it's so easy. Just slice, toss, roast, and be reminded just how nice simple tastes.

50 mins

Apple Pie Moonshine

Become your own bootlegger. Start with vodka, toss in some apples and spices, and wait overnight. That's it. Then splash it in a punch bowl, pour it into Mason jars or just keep it all to yourself and indulge in a nip once in a while.

10 hrs 30 mins

Pickle Juice-Brined Pork Chops

Pickle juice-brined pork chops. Yes, you read that correctly. And yes, we know what you're thinking. Why didn't we think of brining pork chops in dill pickle juice? It's easy, ingenious, and, natch, delicious.

3 hrs 30 mins