You should absolutely keep some ketchup around the house. And soy sauce, and Sriracha, and a good BBQ sauce. And some honey. But if you really want to add flavor to all kinds of dishes (I don't mean fancy stuff, but like, if you want to punch up a...

Graham Crackers were created to stifle the libido. Marshmallows are a sickly-sweet, cloying blob that, when properly heated, becomes a sort of confectionery napalm, a substance suitable at first for administering serious burns and then cooling into...

The other night, we had a wonderful dinner made by chef Tien Ho, who’s best known as the founding chef of Má Pêche (I got to join Ed Levine when he had the meal that inspired him to write on Serious Eats that Tien was then “the best chef in New York...

Last Friday was my birthday. Hooray! I have a fantastic wife, so she treated me to a pig-butchering class at The Brooklyn Kitchen. I like meat, and I like being educated about what I eat and respecting the animals I consume. So Tom Mylan was a...

I like to drink tea, either from my neighborhood tea shop or from what I brew at home, a nice cup of Darjeeling. “Darjeeling Tea” means more than you might think. According to the Tea Board Of India – “Darjeeling Tea” means: tea which has been...

If you’re in NYC, you should join me, and my friends from Serious Eats, A Hamburger Today, and Gothamist for the Burger Bash at Water Taxi Beach tomorrow. It’s going to be a pile of delicious burgers, accompanied by some good beer (first keg is free,...

“The PB&J diagram has to be the most important food related item I have ever seen on the web.” Today’s National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, and the Serious Eats team covers the story in inimitable style. Complete with, yes, indispensable...

I grew up in Pennsylvania, where they still observe the fake holiday “Flag Day”. That’s even lower than Arbor Day. So I’m quite pleased that someone is observing National Pig Day — this is the kind of event I can really sink my teeth...

Over on Serious Eats, 30 Days of Pork. Amanda’s project makes so much sense to me. Just one of the highlights of an all-pork day on the site. I should have one of those here some...

It’s worth taking the time to really enjoy this amazing recounting of an effort to duplicate the recipe for Patsy’s pizza. It’s great for a few reasons: Good food is always worth taking the time to explore, chronicles of geeky obsessiveness are what...