If you regularly cook Ina Garten’s recipes, you’ve probably noticed a few of her favorite ingredients, such as “good” olive oil, San Marzano tomatoes, and extra-large eggs. Garten explained the reason ...

Not all eggs are created equal. Medium eggs contain about 1 ¾ ounces of liquid, or just under ¼ cup. Large eggs, the most popular size used in our recipes, have about 2 ounces of liquid or ¼ cup.

Troubleshooting other people’s baking recipes is one of my favorite pastimes (my own recipes: that’s a different story). I like to go through all of the possibilities—the temperature of the oven, ...

"For the ideal soft-boiled egg with a creamy, runny yolk, I recommend 6 minutes in gently boiling water, then an immediate ...