At Upside Pizza in Manhattan, co-founder Noam Grossman works really hard to make sure every pie tastes just right. He sources seasonal ingredients from the farmers’ market. He makes mozzerella fresh in the basement. The dough is made from a sourdough starter, not commercial yeast, a process that takes a lot of painstaking experimentation to get right. […]
There’s a lot of disagreement within the nutrition sphere, but there is one health claim that seems to withstand the test of time—the “8×8” rule. It’s widely held that we should be consuming 64 ounces of water per day, or eight eight-ounce glasses of water. But is there actually any research behind this recommendation? More […]
Frittatas are meant to be scrappy — filled with odds and ends from your produce and cheese drawers. They’re a great way to practice cooking with your gut and all five senses, using your eyes and ears and nose and touch and taste to determine when the veggies are cooked, the eggs are set, and […]
Clear your weekend schedule: PBS just started streaming some of its most iconic cooking shows on Amazon. Starting today, you can sign up for a new service called PBS Living, which includes both newer and classic series focused on food, culture, and home. The plan costs $2.99 per month (after a free seven-day trial), and […]
Biscuits are serious business. Before you decide what kind you’re going to make, it’s important to assess just how committed you are to this endeavor: Do you want to spend the morning perfecting a flaky, light, buttery masterpiece? Or are you more of a no fuss, throw-it-straight-in-the-oven kind of person? If you’re not sure, don’t […]
In my life, it often comes down to grapefruit. I’ve always been a grapefruit fan. It probably started with the size: when it comes to portions, I say bigger is better. So, if I were going to “grab a piece of fruit” per my mother’s snacking suggestion, it might as well be as close to […]
Listen, we’d be lost without our dishwashers. They save us countless hours each week so that we can spend our time doing what’s really important, like watching Netflix. But there are just some things that you should never even think about putting in your dishwasher. For instance: Cooking dinner shouldn’t be complicated 1. Sharp knives […]
Texans take Topo Chico, that bright, dry and bracingly effervescent mineral water from Mexico that’s been around since the 1800s, largely for granted. It’s a staple at stores all over the Lone Star State. You can buy it cheap in gas stations in the middle of the desert in, say, Arizona. In recent years, baristas […]
Wedding season is in full swing, which means that wedding gift season is also underway. You might be questioning exactly how much you should be spending on a gift—especially if the wedding you’re attending (and traveling to!) over Memorial Day weekend is just one of many you’ll attend from now until October. Well, Tendr, a […]
It’s been almost a decade since every middle school chemistry student in America shoved some Mentos into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke for their science fair project. Now that experiment has gotten a professional upgrade by an actual British knight, no less. Sir Martyn Poliakoff, a chemistry professor at the University of Nottingham and […]