What is Braising?

Here's how to coax tough, inexpensive cuts of meat to tenderness while imbuing them with flavor. And all without nary any effort. Here's how.

16 Superb Pork Butt Recipes

Pork butt (or pork shoulder) is sumptuously moist and tender, full of flavor, and feeds a crowd. Here are some of our very best butts!

7 mins

Candied Carrots

Sometimes carrots aren't quite as sweet as we'd like them to be. This kid-tested tactic takes care of that occasional oops on the part of Mother Nature.

15 mins

33 Classic Italian Recipes

Experience tastes as authentic as if you were really there, able to travel and revel in the traditions of the Italian countryside. Frugal to make yet they seem anything but cheap.

The 10 Best Cheap Cuts of Meat You Can Buy

You may be surprised at just how well you can eat while still being frugal. Here's our cheat sheet of cheap meats to look for at the store along with advice on how to cook them.

Fried Rice With Leftovers

A superlative version of the classic clean-out-the-fridge stir-fry that reinvents leftovers. Beware the optional but addictive jalapeño garlic vinegar.

20 mins

Broccoli and Blue Cheese Gratin

Ooooh baby! Broccoli blanketed with a creamy rich white sauce that takes its oomph from blue cheese and its hint of heat from cayenne.

1 hr 25 mins

Creamed Spinach

With its blend of mascarpone and Parmesan, this roux-less—and fuss-less—creamed spinach isn't what you grew up with at your grandma's table. And no one's complaining about that.

25 mins

Shredded Beef Taco Bar

A taco extravaganza that's one part classic Mexican cooking, two parts slightly unconventional toppings, and all parts surprisingly simple to toss together.

5 hrs

10 Brisket Recipes

Is any cut of meat as versatile and as revered as brisket? Doubtful. Here, nearly a dozen of our go-to brisket recipes.

Egg Bites

These egg bites are the breakfast solution we've all been waiting for. They're easy to make, healthy, portable, and incredibly tasty.

35 mins

Curried Roasted Carrots

Easy, easy, easy. Fast, fast, fast. Delicious, delicious, delicious. That's what we're hearing from those who've made these carrots. Even avowed curry dislikers.

30 mins

Honey Barbecue Sauce

Pantry ingredients and barely any effort yield you something that's sweetly tangy and spicy that you'll want to slather on ribs, wings, pulled pork, smoked or grilled chicken, burgers...

35 mins

20 Low-Carb Dinner Recipes

Each of these dinners contains fewer carbs than in a single slice of cheese pizza. To be exact, less than 2/3 of the carbs. Yet still delivers loads of satisfaction.

9 Dried Chile Pepper Recipes

When you want a smooth yet complex heat through and through your recipe, that's when you turn to dried chile peppers. Here are our finest.

Red Cooked Pork

A Chinese classic that you can make at home with fewer ingredients and less fuss than you'd ever imagine.

2 hrs

11 Rosh Hashanah Recipes

A roundup of recipes for your Head of The Year celebrations, whatever you might be planning. From brisket to challah, we've got you covered.

Beef Stew with Red Wine

An Italian tradition that, in true form, transforms simple ingredients into something sublime.

1 hr 40 mins