Tested recipes for every meal, skill level, and craving
Hearty weeknight and weekend dinner recipes, from 30-minute skillet meals to slow-braised centerpieces. Every recipe is tested in our test kitchen, with detailed technique notes, ingredient substitutions, and real-world timing.
The Sicilian sweet-sour eggplant stew – chunks of eggplant fried until silky, then simmered with tomato, celery, capers, green olives, sugar, and vinegar. The summer antipasto that gets better the next day.
The Texas barbecue centerpiece – whole packer brisket rubbed with salt and pepper, smoked low and slow over post oak for 14 hours until the bark is mahogany and the smoke ring is clear pink.
Mexico’s patriotic dish – poblano peppers stuffed with picadillo (fruit-and-meat hash), draped in cold walnut cream sauce, scattered with pomegranate seeds. Green-white-red on the plate.
The crackling shell of Korean fried chicken comes from a double-fry separated by ten minutes of rest. Tom breaks down the science, the gochujang glaze, and why beer is part of the meal.
The 12-hour pork bone broth that defines Kyushu-style ramen, with chashu pork belly, soft-boiled egg, and the slurp-worthy slick of fat that makes tonkotsu legendary.
Burgundy’s iconic slow-braised beef stew with red wine, pearl onions, mushrooms, and lardons. The Julia Child method adapted for modern home kitchens with science-backed technique notes.
