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Cutting an onion can feel like trying to escape a maze, blindfolded. One wrong turn—or slice—can send you swiftly down the wrong path. And then there are all of the different verbs—you can slice an ...

Onions have been around a long time. The ancient Egyptians worshiped onions, and onions were used to pay the rent or as wedding gifts in the Middle Ages, according to the National Onion Association.

I often receive emails from our readers, who will ask questions about a recipe or culinary technique or share a memory about a dish we recently featured. Many of you have the same questions, and I am ...

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The cookbook author Kenji López-Alt dives deep into a question of his own, with computer models and all. By J. Kenji López-Alt Kenji López-Alt has spent the last 15 years of his career rigorously ...