Knives are, perhaps, the most important tool in a cook’s kitchen. However, even the best knives can dull with use and time. To hone a knife back to proper cutting shape, you’ll need a dependable knife sharpener. There are several kinds of sharpeners available, including classic whetstones, manual sharpeners, and even electric models.
To find the best knife sharpeners, we put 40 different models to the test and found eight fantastic options for keeping your kitchen blades in ideal condition.
TikTok has gotten incredibly popular in recent years, and some of the most shared videos on the app involve food hacks like the viral feta pasta or last year’s epic Dalgona coffee trend — but every now and then there’s a tip that really leaves people scratching their heads.
The latest controversial life hack to come out of TikTok is shower onions, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: keeping onions in the bathroom. And it turns out, there’s an actual legitimate reason someone might be doing this.
This conversation grew out of a video posted by TikTok user @karalynndunton, who met a guy on Tinder and then found herself in his apartment, snooping in his bathroom. While all this seemed a bit commonplace (except maybe not under the backdrop of a global pandemic, though that’s another story entirely), she came across pretty common items in the bathroom, from hygiene products to grooming products. She even marveled about how neat and well-organized his bathroom was. Things were about to get odd, though.
How do you peel a hard-boiled egg without the shell sticking? And how do you peel hard-boiled eggs without tearing them up? Some say easy peeling starts with how you cook eggs, whether it’s adding baking soda, salt, or vinegar to the water. Others say your peeling technique matters most, from enlisting a spoon or a jar to dousing eggs with water.
So, what is the easiest way to peel hard-boiled eggs? I tested six of the most popular methods on the internet to find out.
Allrecipes community, rejoice! We just launched a new recipe scaling tool that’ll make resizing recipes so much easier. There are two reasons we know you’ll love it:
You’re standing at the fridge door, staring down at a block of Cheddar cheese. It’s only been a couple of weeks, but there it is—a fuzzy, moldy reminder that you once again bought more cheese than you could eat in time. Sound familiar? Well, it’s time to say goodbye to that sad cheese saga for good.
We’ve stumbled upon a cheese hack so easy and effective, you’ll never believe it can solve all your cheese troubles. It only takes one step (and one pantry ingredient) and it will ensure your cheese stays fresh until you whittle it down to the very last nub.
Taking perfectly soft butter and spreading it on a nice carb of choice is one of life’s simple pleasures. Whether it’s for eating or baking, using butter with a higher butterfat content can result in a much more decadent experience. Unlike American butter, European-style butter is churned for longer and possesses between 82 and 90 percent butterfat. This makes it great for applications where the butter flavor is key, such as flaky croissants or fluffy mashed potatoes.
So once you have your bars of proverbial gold in your possession, what’s the best way to store them? Since these dairy products can be twice as expensive as American-style butter, ensuring freshness is key. Maybe you’ve watched enough Brit Box programming and noticed butter crocks on counters and not in refrigerators. We’ve confirmed that leaving your butter out for four hours at room temperature is okay, but can a higher quality butter live on your counter?
In search of a superior chicken casserole recipe, I opened no less than 14 cans of soup while trying the five most popular recipes from Allrecipes—and it was so worth it.
Chicken casserole is one of the most ubiquitous dishes found in family cookbooks across the country. Show me a grandma who doesn’t have a go-to chicken casserole recipe. I’ll wait. See what I mean?
Most of us grew up eating some variation of chicken casserole and most of us have an opinion about what makes the best one. It’s the dish that you throw together when a neighbor needs comforting, when a loved one is under duress, or if you simply need to feel a sense of home. Ideally, you should already have most ingredients on hand in your pantry for such emergencies (be them physical, spiritual, or emotional).
How many times have you heard the phrase “Don’t trust everything you see on the internet”? Thousands, I’m sure. But now that we live in a time when almost all of our daily information comes from the internet (and social media especially), it can be harder to separate fact from fiction.
While there are plenty of chefs creating great, informative cooking content on platforms like TikTok, social media can also be a breeding ground for false information, especially when it comes to food safety. In a recent Reddit thread, users shared the cooking myths they know to immediately distrust when they see them shared on social media, and a common answer was one we know all too well: washing meat.
“Washing meat is still a surprisingly prevalent bad practice,” wrote user DyotMeetMat.
In reality, no, you should probably not be washing your meat before cooking it. This is commonly known among many home cooks, but if you’ve been fooled by the internet lore, read on to find out why this practice is ill-advised.
Some retro dinner party recipes are probably OK to leave in the past (people in the 1970s really loved aspics), there are plenty that will never go out of style—from classic French Bourguignon and coq au vin to fun baked Alaska and bite-sized salmon appetizers. Turn to this collection of some of our very best tried-and-true dinner party ideas next time you host a vintage-inspired soirée.
It was a signature of Julia Child and continues to be a staple for Ina Garten, Chef John, and countless home cooks: roast chicken. The quintessential Sunday night dinner is comforting and often asks for less than 20 minutes of prep time, however, it’s the cooking time that often stands between us and roasting our own birds more often. We don’t know about you, but sitting around for more than an hour for chicken to cook isn’t always something we can (or want to) swing.
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