The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

Moist sweet potatoes, like garnet or ruby yams, are the more commonly available variety in the United Sta ...

EXTRA-SWEET ROASTED SWEET POTATOES SERVES 6 TO 8 5 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch disks or 1 ...

temperature (70°F) water, then immediately add the potatoes and cover the pot. Place in a warm spo ...

{^ POTATOES^ } Despite the fact that they qualify as vegetables under certain definitions, potatoes are ...

feel like making something different to go with my meal. But that’s just me. Other people may ...

thick, crisp- chewy skin. Roasting in Pieces Very good: crisp exterior, fluffy middles. Creamier and less crisp ...

Mashing Best for light, fluffy mash. Best for dense, creamy mash. Boiling/Steaming Not recommended except as a parcook ...

Hash and Pancakes Best: crisp, crunchy edges and tender, fluffy interiors. Not recommended Soups and Chowder Best fo ...

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE POTATO CASSEROLE It was the middle of a Tuesday night when I awoke, the moon still ...

work? How about this idea: you go do it yourself, then make yourself comfortable on the c ...

gratin, I pack them into a greased casserole dish standing on their edges, working my way arou ...

CHEESY HASSELBACK POTATO GRATIN Because of variation in the shape of potatoes, the amount of potato that will ...

set aside. Add the cream, garlic, and thyme to the cheese mixture. Season generously with salt and pepper. Add t ...

Cover the dish tightly with foil and transfer to the oven. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the fo ...

MASHED POTATOES Mashed potatoes are a particularly divisive topic in my family. See, I like mine ric ...

These cells are held together with pectin, a sort of natural plant glue, and the walls of the cell ...

melted mozzarella cheese (there are some recipes, like the famously elastic pommes aligot, that require ...

So, just by knowing these factors, we should be able to determine the best way to get either ...

Fluff Enough? Getting potatoes light and fluffy is a little bit trickier. One thing is clear: you want to ...

that the grated potatoes released far more starch than either of the other types. Let’s see how it trans ...