Need to soften potatoes, pronto? Don’t waste time boiling potatoes for fries or other dishes, use steam instead. As Epicurious points out, steaming has all the benefits of boiling, but at a fraction ...

You could say I like to over-prepare when I host Thanksgiving dinner. I make lists; I get practice reps in (my line of work is a benefit here); and I even schedule out the big day to ensure time for ...

In his poem “Digging,” Irish poet Seamus Heaney describes the sensation of holding potatoes as “loving their cool hardness in our hands.” That “cool hardness” is the start to a proper mash, which ...

Place the potatoes in a steamer basket set over simmering water. Arrange the cabbage wedges in a single layer over the top of the potatoes. Cover them and steam until the potatoes and cabbage are ...

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Hint: It's not boiling! Mashed potatoes: how hard could they be, right? It turns out that there are many a pitfall on the road to perfect mashed potatoes, and minor adjustments can make all the ...