The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

area to volume and most pastes have already been cooked, the process takes only a few moments —just unti ...

Water is a perfectly fine choice if the other options aren’t available. Whatever liquid you choose, don’t u ...

high. Unless you enjoy wearing hot soup. An immersion blender can give you a decently smooth res ...

any recipe. You can season as you go, but you never know if your soup has the right level of salt until you ...

of the same spice you used earlier in step 4 can be a good way to boost flavor. I think of the garnish ...

ahead and turned on the blender anyway. The top popped off in a violent explosion, and my dog leaped ...

The easiest thing to do is to remove the central plug in your blender top and cover the hole with a towel. ...

strainer above your container with one hand, stir the contents using a large metal serving spoon, ...

QUICK TOMATO SOUP WITH GRILLED CHEESE Is there any rainy-day fare more classic than tomato soup and grilled ...

It’s quick, it’s easy, it’s filling, and it just takes you back to feeling like a kid again (if y ...

place). Of course, there’s the classic Campbell’s tomato-soup-in- a-can, which, like a puppy that won’t stop ...

A plain grilled cheese is great, but . . . . . . adding some extra grated Parmesan on the outside . ...

. . . gets you the cheesiest of grilled cheeses. As for the grilled cheese? Everyone knows how to make grille ...

the meltiness of American. A good compromise is to use one slice of American for the goo factor and an ext ...

15-MINUTE PANTRY TOMATO SOUP NOTE: I like to use high-quality canned tomatoes such as Muir Glen in t ...

fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the ...

cheeses like Parmigiano-Reggiano, Asiago, Pecorino, aged Manchego, and aged Gouda. MAKES 2 SANDWICHES 2 ...

occasionally, until the bottoms are a deep, even golden brown, about 4 minutes. Remove the sandwiches to y ...

CORN CHOWDER My mother’s corn chowder recipe involved a can of creamed corn, an equal amount of ...

supermarket, but I was never too happy with its dominating smoky flavor, so I switched over to unsm ...