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From taste tests to saucy, scientific deep dives, these are the Serious Eats IG posts you loved (and trolled) the most this year.

After testing 12 different methods of raspberry storage (including hot water rinsing, paper towel experiments, and not touching them at all), here are our winners.

After testing 18 different methods of blueberry storage, the winning methods were a surprise even to us.

We tasted 7 brands of pretzels you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (including Rold Gold, Utz, and more) to arrive at a list of the very best.

The Serious Eats team pulled together nine brands of coffee ice cream (everything from Häagen-Dazs to Breyers and more!) you’re likely to find in your local supermarket and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

The Serious Eats team pulled together nine brands of potato chips (everything from Lay’s to Wise to Kettle brand and more) you’re likely to find in your local supermarket and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

The Serious Eats team pulled together 14 brands of mint chocolate chip ice cream you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (including Häagen-Dazs, Baskin Robbins, and more) and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

Recently, the Serious Eats team pulled together 10 brands of chocolate ice cream (everything from Häagen-Dazs to Jeni’s to Turkey Hill and more) you’re likely to find in your local supermarket and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

The SE team has pulled together 8 brands of cream cheese you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (everything from Philadelphia to Temptee to Tillamook), and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

The SE team pulled together 8 brands of crunchy peanut butter you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (everything from JIF to Teddie’s to Smucker’s) and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest for the best.

The SE team pulled together 13 brands of salted butter (everything from Amish Country Butter to Vermont Creamery and more) that you’re likely to find in your local supermarket, and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

The SE team pulled together six brands of full-fat cottage cheese (from Good Culture to Friendship to Daisy and more) you’re likely to find in your local supermarket, and forced the SE team to methodically, empirically, scientifically! taste their way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

For Mother’s Day (or any other day), here are some extremely safe, very straightforward recipes you can make with the help (or with the chaotic distractions) of a baby.

The SE team has pulled together 11 brands of unsalted butter (everything from Kerrygold to Land O Lakes and more) that you’re likely to find in your local supermarket, and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best.

The SE team has pulled together 5 brands of ketchup you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (from Heinz to Hunt’s to Annie’s) and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest for the best.

What other foods can you name that are, without exception, always at their very best…and simultaneously at their very worst? Matzo is so bad. I still love matzo.

The SE team pulled together 8 brands of bottled water you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (everything from Poland Spring to Dasani to Evian) and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest for the best.

Whether you’re trekking across North America for The Great Solar Eclipse or are lucky enough to be in the total dark right at home, here are some regional dishes from places within the path of totality you’ll have to try…and make again as soon as you get home.

The SE team has pulled together 10 brands of creamy peanut butter you’re likely to find in your local supermarket (everything from Skippy to JIF to 365) and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest for the best.

All New Jerseyans agree it is made up of the same four ingredients: a bready vessel, fried egg, American cheese, and slices of fried pork roll made by one of two companies—Taylor Provisions or Case Pork Roll. Our version ensures buttery layers throughout.

The brand teased four types of salt as options for the new color, which they’ll announce on February 8. We take a salty stab at predicting the new drop.

The culinary and editorial staff discusses their favorite new recipes of the year.

In the third installment of our new weekly series, we give you a behind-the-line look at our recipes, Slack conversations, and more.