Revive Limp Celery and Keep It Crisp for Days

I used to treat celery like a ticking time bomb. Buy it Sunday, bendy by Wednesday, trash by Friday. Somehow […]

Make Yogurt at Home With Two Ingredients

The first batch of homemade yogurt I ever made was soup. Thin, watery, slightly sour soup. I’d overheated the milk […]

How to Cut a Pineapple the Easy Way

My first pineapple sat on the counter for four days. I kept walking past it, knife in hand, then putting […]

Keep Noodles From Sticking Together After Cooking

I made spaghetti for a date once and it came out of the colander as one solid mass. The strands […]

How Much Oil to Use in an Air Fryer — Most People Use Too Much

My cousin got an air fryer for Christmas and immediately started drenching everything in oil. “It says fryer in the […]

How to Make Crystal Clear Soup Every Time

I once served a dinner party chicken noodle soup that looked like dirty dishwater. It tasted fine — actually, it […]

Make Your Cutting Board Last 10 Years

I threw away two wooden cutting boards before realizing I was the problem. They’d crack along the glue lines, warp […]

Ferment Vegetables at Home — Easier Than You Think

The first time I tried fermenting vegetables, I was sure I’d poisoned myself. Opened the jar after a week, heard […]

10 Surprising Things You Can Make in a Rice Cooker

I bought a rice cooker in college because my stovetop rice was either crunchy or glue. For two years, I […]

Revive Stale Bread With a Quick Oven Trick

I threw away so much bread. Baguettes, sourdough loaves, fancy bakery rolls all of them went hard after a day […]