We’re all familiar with the delights of a hand-held, deep-fried, cylindrical packet of meat and vegetables, primed for dipping into cold duck sauce or hot mustard and subsequently burning our mouths read more

We’re all familiar with the delights of a hand-held, deep-fried, cylindrical packet of meat and vegetables, read more

We’ve all been there: face-up, couch-ridden, jumbo bag of potato chips or Tostitos or salty/carb-y snack of choice in hand, staring glassy-eyed at the ceiling or at the television or at the computer read more

We’ve all been there: face-up, couch-ridden, jumbo bag of potato chips or Tostitos or salty/carb-y snack of read more

Sometimes, we think we know things. Sometimes, some things are such a part of the fabric of our lives and our history and our surroundings that our sense of rightness about a certain topic feels almo read more

Sometimes, we think we know things. Sometimes, some things are such a part of the fabric of our lives and our read more

There are few crustaceans as misunderstood as the shrimp and the prawn. Some people think they’re the same thing; others think they differ only by size; others think they’re simply called differen read more

There are few crustaceans as misunderstood as the shrimp and the prawn. Some people think they’re the same t read more

Welcome to What’s the Difference: FROZEN DESSERTS EDITION. This is such a rich category that it could easily be divided up into multiple weeks, but why should you be deprived of the pleasure of abso read more

Welcome to What’s the Difference: FROZEN DESSERTS EDITION. This is such a rich category that it could easily read more

Ah, the wonders of a boneless, skinless chicken breast: that unsullied expanse of solid muscle, that somewhat-flavorless-but-still-chickeny-enough-to-know-what-we're-eating taste we know so well, that read more

Ah, the wonders of a boneless, skinless chicken breast: that unsullied expanse of solid muscle, that somewhat- read more

There are a lot of ways to get cute with this topic—lots of fun food-history tidbits to dredge up, lots of delightfully retro and oddly worded recipes to photocopy from my extensive collection of ol read more

There are a lot of ways to get cute with this topic—lots of fun food-history tidbits to dredge up, lots of d read more

As spring and summer fruits begin to reveal themselves at the market, it feels appropriate to explore the nuances in the various methods of preserving them. Jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, compote, read more

As spring and summer fruits begin to reveal themselves at the market, it feels appropriate to explore the nuan read more

We all love our Pellegrino and LaCroix and the various fancy and non-fancy bubbly waters in between, but what are we actually drinking? Turns out there are marked differences in the various waters co read more

We all love our Pellegrino and LaCroix and the various fancy and non-fancy bubbly waters in between, but what read more

Experientially, the difference between a lager and an ale can be explained with brands of beer everybody knows: lagers are the crisp, thirst-quenching yellow beers like Budweiser and the like; ales read more

Experientially, the difference between a lager and an ale can be explained with brands of beer everybody knows read more