How-Tos

Our how-tos bring you everything you need to know to get in the kitchen and cook, from fundamental techniques to the whys and hows behind our recipes.
A slice of pizza cooked in the Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo Pizza Oven
The Best Way to Reheat Leftover Pizza, According to This Pro Baker
Blueberry experiments lined up on a counter.
How to Store Blueberries So They Last Longer
Frozen corn graphic
How to Freeze Corn
Graphic of fruit flies surrounding a bowl of fruit.
I Asked 2 Experts How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies—Their Advice Made the Pests Buzz Off
Herb s in a bag being drizzled with olive oil next to a cutting board with a bunch of herbs and a knife.
There's a Better Way to Freeze Herbs—Here's How
Sliced watermelon sitting on a wooden cutting board.
9 Expert Tips for Picking the Perfect Watermelon
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How to Add Chile Flavor Without Too Much Heat
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How to Load a Dishwasher
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How to Slice Chives
Peeling a tomato with a knife.
How to Peel Tomatoes
Overhead view of melons
How to Pick a Perfectly Ripe Melon
Overhead view of baking set up for grill
How to Bake on Your Grill (and Develop Flavor Your Oven Could Only Dream of)
Sheet Tray of corn
How to Cook Corn (All Our Favorite Methods)
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How to Make a Vietnamese Rice Paper Roll Platter
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How to Turn Your Favorite Fruit Into a Creamy, Refreshing Yogurt Pop
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How to Make Flawless No-Churn Ice Cream
Side view of two eggs
Should You Pasteurize Eggs at Home? A Serious Eats Investigation.
A plate of shrimp cocktail.
For Plump and Snappy Shrimp, Reach for Baking Soda and Salt
Overhead shot of bowl of oysters with mignonette and lemon wedges
How to Shop for Seafood Sustainably
Frozen roasted sweet potato with whipped creme fraiche and granola on a plate.
5 Ways to Use Your Freezer Beyond Preservation
Eight jars of peanut butter and one air-tight container full of peanut butter
We Tested 9 Methods to Prevent Peanut Butter From Separating—Here’s What Worked
A yellow plate with five cicadas on it and a knife and fork
You Can and Should Eat Cicadas—Here's How
Skewered asparagus
How to Skewer Your Asparagus for Better Grilling
Immersion blender next to three bowls of coffee beans and spices
Please Stop Grinding Coffee Beans in Your Immersion Blender
Collage of deboning chicken
I Tried That Viral Chicken-Deboning "Hack" and Can Confirm It's Absurd
collage of Thai soups on a green background
A Guide to Thai Noodle Soups
Sauteeing garlic, anchovy fillets, capers and fennel, and tomato sauce on a wooden spoon pieced together in a five-part collage.
How to Make Jarred Tomato Sauce Better…And If You Even Should
Overhead view of carved chicken
How to Carve a Roast Chicken (Whole and Spatchcocked)
Side view of a glass of pomegranate juice
How to Turn Any Pomegranate Into a Plastic-Free "Bottle" of Pomegranate Juice
Side view of pomegranate on a cutting board
How to Cut a Pomegranate (With Much Less Mess)
Overhead view of cauliflower cut in half
How to Cut Cauliflower
Overhead view of raspberry storage tests
We Tested 12 Methods of Raspberry Storage—Here’s What Worked (and What Really Didn’t)
a variety of cheese on a red backdrop with parchment paper and a food container
We Spoke to 4 Leading Cheese Experts to Find Out How You Should Be Storing Your Cheese
Overhead view of coconut pieces on a black plate
How to Open a Coconut
Side view of peaches on a cutting board
How to Cut a Peach
Overhead view of deboning
How to Debone a Chicken Thigh
Side view of cooked corn
How to Boil Corn: Our Tests Reveal It's Not What Anyone Tells You
A piece of medium-rare steak sliced into thin pieces on a wooden cutting board.
How to Most Effectively Tenderize Steak
Side view of dicing carrots
How to Cut Carrots
Basket of fruit and vegetables
You Hauled the Whole Farmers Market—Now What?
Overhead view of cherries in a basket
How to Store Cherries So They Stay Fresh Longer
How to Store Green Beans
Multiple pitchers and glasses filled with infused water
How to Make Cucumber Water and Other Fruit-Infused Waters
Overhead view of various tests of cakes
How to Elevate Boxed Cake Mix
Overhead view of a cut avocado
How to Ripen and Store Avocados
person cracking eggs into bowl
How to Crack Eggs Like a Badass
Overhead view of a batch of brownies
How to Make Boxed Brownies Even Better
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How to Make Ice Cream for a Wedding, Graduation, or Other Large Event
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For Smoother Ice Cream and Sorbet, Use Corn Syrup
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How To Brown Butter
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How to Cut an Airline Chicken Breast
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How to Batch Cocktails for a Crowd
Side angle view of Tahdig arrange on a mound of rice on a blue platter
How to Make Tahdig (Persian Crunchy Rice)
The levain used for sourdough bread rises in a glass jar, about triple its starting volume.
How to Ferment Sourdough Properly
A collage of coffee blooms at various stages
Bloom Phase: How to Read the Bubbles In Your Coffee
Three jars of fermenting hot sauces with airlocks in the top.
How to Make Fermented Hot Sauce
Dry-charred asparagus, served on an earthenware plate with a ramekin of miso bearnaise.
Dry-Charring Is the Best and Fastest Way to Cook a Side of Asparagus
Blowtorching vegetables in a wok
Torch Hei Is the Best Way to Get Wok Hei at Home