Ever wonder what’s the safest and best-est way to thaw frozen meat? Here’s your answer—with options for when you’re in a hurry and when you’re not.
How to Make Homemade Dish Soap
This natural alternative to overpriced, chemical-laden liquid dish soap is inexpensive, effective, and gentle on hands. Doesn’t get much more practical than that.
Hangover Cures from the World Over
Hangover cures are on everyone’s mind the day after celebrations, like New Year’s Eve. Discover hangover cures and myths from around the world.
Thanksgiving Disaster 2: The Bird’s Too Big for the Oven
You know the rule: one pound of turkey per guest. But when your back-of-the-envelope calculations say you need a behemoth bird that the laws of physics say won’t fit in the oven, what to do? We have answers.
Thanksgiving Disaster 3: The Bird’s Roasted—But Still Raw
The pop-up timer popped. The skin’s burnished. The drumstick jiggles. Yet when you commence carving, you still see oodles of pink. Here’s how not to let that happen.
Thanksgiving Disaster 4: Transferring the Bird to…Oops!
The bird may be done–whew!–but your work isn’t. Here, foolproof tactics on how the heck to heft a sweaty hen from roasting pan to carving board without–oops!–incident.
Thanksgiving Disaster 5: 1 Oven, 4 Burners, 124 Recipes
Thanksgiving is easily the most denial-inducing menu you’ll contend with all year. But deal you must. Here, advice on how to elude oven overload.
Thanksgiving Disaster 6: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen!
Offers of help aren’t always that helpful. We’ve got tricks to tuck up your sleeve for keeping pesky, well-intentioned, do-gooder guests out of your way.
How to Buy a Thanksgiving Turkey
Confused about fresh, frozen, kosher, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, heritage, wild, and so on? We can help.
How to Measure Flour Properly for Baking
Knowing how to measure flour properly is what makes all the difference between great cakes, pies, and pastries and epic fails.