The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

THREE FLAVORS OF GARLIC Depending on how it’s cooked, garlic can develop distinctly different aromas and flavors. ...

other flavors, or used in marinades, where it will then be briefly cooked when your proteins ar ...

Rapidly cooked garlic loses its hardest spicy edges but retains an oniony aroma. If you let it brown, it’ ...

PASTA WITH OLIVE OIL AND THREE FLAVORS OF GARLIC SERVES 4 TO 6 ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 12 medium cloves ...

2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 pound short twisted or tubular pasta, such as gemelli, cavatappi, or rotini K ...

in the parsley and season to taste with salt. Serve immediately, passing Parmesan at table. ...

PASTA WITH GARLICKY BROCCOLI, ANCHOVIES, AND BACON I love the way the garlicky sauce clings to and soaks into t ...

Pinch of red pepper flakes 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 pound small cupped pasta such as orecchiette or ...

the minced garlic, anchovies, and pepper flakes and toss until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Remove from the hea ...

PASTA WITH GARLIC AND LOTS OF VEGETABLES This is a dish best made in the spring, when the ...

1 medium summer squash, split lengthwise and cut into ¼- inch half-moons 1 cup shelled fava beans (optional) ...

skillet over medium-high heat until the garlic is gently sizzling. Reduce the heat to medium-low and ...

PASTA WITH SHRIMP AND GARLIC Ask an Italian what “shrimp scampi” translates as, and he may look at you a little ...

shrimp, or even peeled and deveined shrimp, stop right this instant! I mean it! Precooked shrimp ...

Head-on Versus Headless Normally I like to buy my products in an as-close-to- natural state as possible, b ...

Size Forget labels like “medium,” “large,” or “jumbo”: these are unregulated terms that are decided on by th ...

HOW TO CLEAN SHRIMP Cleaning shrimp is a matter of peeling off the shells and removing the digestive tract ...

carefully lift and pull out the digestive tract. The goal is to get it out in one pi ...

PASTA WITH EXTRA- GARLICKY SHRIMP SCAMPI SERVES 4 TO 6 1 pound large shrimp 12 medium cloves garlic, 4 mi ...

½ cup extra virgin olive oil Kosher salt ¼ to ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes ½ cup dry white wine 2 tablesp ...