Category: Recipes

Cast Iron Shepherd’s Pie

Main Courses, Recipes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS Despite its status as a classic comfort food, there's nothing comforting about the many steps and piles of dirty dishes that shepherd's pie usually requires. Using the cast-iron skillet as our sautéing, baking, and serving pan streamlined the process. We used ground beef as our...

Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza

Main Courses, Pizza, Recipes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS The trick for making an ideal Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza—a thin, crisp alternative to its doughy cousin—at home was to make the dough in a food processor. Because of the high speed of the blade, the processor brought the dough together quickly, which prevented too much gluten from...

Thin, Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies, Desserts, Recipes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS To get a recipe for thin, crisp chocolate chip cookies that would still be tender and flavorful, we had to find just the right ingredients in just the right proportions. We used a combination of light brown sugar and white sugar to get a butterscotch flavor and sufficient crunch....

Wonder Sauce

Recipes, Sauces

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS Our inspiration was tare—a Japanese term for an all-purpose dipping sauce used for yakitori, noodles, sushi, even hot pot dishes. But ask anyone how to make it, and you’ll never get a straight answer. It’s essentially thickened soy sauce and sugar with anything else to make it...