Team Cilantro: These 21 Herby-Green Recipes Are for You

Once upon a time, in 2012, I returned home from my first year of college and got a summer job working at a fast food burrito chain. So began my education in the enormous passions of teams Pro-Cilantro and Anti-Cilantro.
They are equally ardent, an…

Once upon a time, in 2012, I returned home from my first year of college and got a summer job working at a fast food burrito chain. So began my education in the enormous passions of teams Pro-Cilantro and Anti-Cilantro.

They are equally ardent, and the herb is one of extremes: Some customers would ask for extra cilantro to be added to their burritos; some would immediately recoil at the sight of the leaves. It's either the world's best herb or...it tastes like feet.

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The Best Way to Store Celery Might Surprise You

Question: If you aren’t supposed to keep celery in the plastic bag it came in, how are you supposed to store it?
Answer: For the best results, keep celery heads whole, wrap them up tightly in aluminum foil, and then keep them in the refrigerator …

Question: If you aren’t supposed to keep celery in the plastic bag it came in, how are you supposed to store it?

Answer: For the best results, keep celery heads whole, wrap them up tightly in aluminum foil, and then keep them in the refrigerator crisper drawer as usual. When stored this way, celery stalks can maintain their freshness anywhere from two to four weeks.

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What Are Hearts of Palm? (& How Do I Cook With Them?)

In the year 2020 we’re used to seeing certain vegetables labeled as “trendy” (looking at you, celery and cabbage). But you know what rarely gets mentioned much at all in mainstream American food media, let alone labeled popular? Hearts of palm. Let’s t…

In the year 2020 we’re used to seeing certain vegetables labeled as “trendy” (looking at you, celery and cabbage). But you know what rarely gets mentioned much at all in mainstream American food media, let alone labeled popular? Hearts of palm. Let’s toss those other guys to the side for a moment so we can discuss hearts of palm.

What Are Hearts of Palm?

Their name might sound like a new reality dating show, but in fact hearts of palm are the edible interiors of certain palm trees. Native to Central and South America, the hearts come from coconut, juçara, Açaí.

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How to Cook Fiddleheads, the Vegetable That Tastes of Spring

Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which we break down our favorite unique seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more.Today: we’re talking about fiddlehead ferns—learn what to look for, how to prep them, and get ideas for safely enjoying them in m…

Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which we break down our favorite unique seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more.Today: we're talking about fiddlehead ferns—learn what to look for, how to prep them, and get ideas for safely enjoying them in meals all week long.

Did your mom ever tell you to eat your vegetables so you’d grow big and strong? Bet she never promised invisibility. In Europe’s Middle Ages, people believed that carrying “fern seed” would make you disappear from sight. Shakespeare even referenced these magical powers in Henry IV! While we can't vouch for super powers, we can affirm that ferns are to thank for a fleeting spring treat. 

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How to Get Turmeric Stains Out of Anything

Home is the place we feel the most like ourselves—where we kick off our shoes, share our meals, and make memories. We’re taking our love for all things home and brining it to Instagram. Follow along at Home52 and make yourselves—well, you know.

So y…

Home is the place we feel the most like ourselves—where we kick off our shoes, share our meals, and make memories. We're taking our love for all things home and brining it to Instagram. Follow along at Home52 and make yourselves—well, you know.


So you made a batch of turmeric tea to chase away a cold and poured the golden mixture into a favorite, pale-colored mug. Or you served turmeric soup in a white bowl, or wiped up a slick of curry with a light dish towel, or peeled fresh turmeric for a smoothie. And now your linens, your dishes, your countertop, and your hands all match your recipe: gold. Fresh or dried and ground, turmeric will stain just about anything, and quickly and stubbornly, but take a deep breath—it's going to be okay.

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Tatsoi Is the New Spinach (Haven’t You Heard?)

Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which we break down our favorite unique seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more.
Today is all about our new favorite green. Learn what to look for at the market, and how to work it into meals from now till next week…

Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which we break down our favorite unique seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more.

Today is all about our new favorite green. Learn what to look for at the market, and how to work it into meals from now till next week. 

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How to Blanch Vegetables Like a Champ

We are definitely, positively in the throes of winter braising, roasting, boiling, and baking. And that’s great—for a little while. But we’re especially eager for the coming of spring’s low-maintenance bounty: tangles of pea shoots, slices of rad…

We are definitely, positively in the throes of winter braising, roasting, boiling, and baking. And that's great—for a little while. But we're especially eager for the coming of spring's low-maintenance bounty: tangles of pea shoots, slices of radish, leggy asparagus, peas popped directly from pod to mouth. When we do cook these tender little things, it doesn't take much—and one of our favorite ways to do it is to blanch.

Blanching requires little more than putting a large pot of water on to boil, salting it to an oceanic extreme, and preparing your vegetables: trimming your beans, breaking down a head of broccoli. It serves three purposes: to partially cook vegetables, to season them evenly, and to retain their color—the process both makes your asparagus a brighter shade of springy green, and keeps it greener for longer. As Test Kitchen Director Josh Cohen suggests in the video above, blanching helps "freeze" a vegetable at its peak (and helps you literally freeze it, too—but more on that later).

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17 Flavor-Packed Ways to Use Turmeric—Fresh or Ground

If you have a jar of ground turmeric in your spice rack, it’s probably for one of two reasons. One: You cook a lot of cuisines that call for it in their dishes (like Indian, Thai, or Persian, perhaps) and your jar of ground turmeric gets almost a…

If you have a jar of ground turmeric in your spice rack, it’s probably for one of two reasons. One: You cook a lot of cuisines that call for it in their dishes (like Indian, Thai, or Persian, perhaps) and your jar of ground turmeric gets almost as much use as salt. Or, two: You picked up a jar of it ages ago for a recipe that called for a small amount—probably more for color than flavor—and your ground turmeric sees less action than juniper berries

Don’t get me wrong, I like its color-boosting powers, especially in scrambled tofu. It has a lot of value as an all-natural coloring agent: It’s used to color everything from mustard to chicken soup. (You can also use ground turmeric to dye Easter eggs.) 

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The Best Bread Crumb Substitutes for Binding, Bulking and, Er, Breading

Bread crumbs seem to sneakily make their way into many an unsuspecting recipe. But what if you’re not eating bread? Or serving friends that prefer their meals gluten-free? Or perhaps you’re halfway through a romesco recipe, surrounded by dirty pans, an…

Bread crumbs seem to sneakily make their way into many an unsuspecting recipe. But what if you’re not eating bread? Or serving friends that prefer their meals gluten-free? Or perhaps you're halfway through a romesco recipe, surrounded by dirty pans, and not keen on dirtying up yet another for a “1-inch-thick slice of fried country bread, pulverized." For each one of those instances, we have happy alternatives—here are nine bread crumb-free bread crumbs for you to experiment with:

Pssst! There are pretzels in the romesco.

But first, what are breadcrumbs?

Bread crumbs—whether fresh or dried, toasted or seasoned, coarse or fine—are ground, dried-out (or fried) slices of bread. They provide bulking and binding, crispy crunchies, and moisture-control to a recipe. But this is all to say, bread crumbs need not be made of bread.

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25 Coconut Milk Recipes for Anytime, Anywhere

Good things come in tin cans. Case in point: sardines, whole tomatoes, beans galore—and coconut milk. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Coconut milk is one sexy, dreamy canned good. It’s sweet but not cloyingly so, rich but not he…

Good things come in tin cans. Case in point: sardines, whole tomatoes, beans galore—and coconut milk. We've said it before and we'll say it again: Coconut milk is one sexy, dreamy canned good. It's sweet but not cloyingly so, rich but not heavy. It's cheap! It adds depth to the savory and the sweet, from soup to sweet potatoes to cake. Its creamy, dairy-like qualities make it a vegan's best friend—and it can be your best friend, too.

Here are 25 ways to make friends with coconut milk:

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