When I was growing up, my family ate a lot of popcorn. Microwave popcorn on movie nights. Bowl after bowl of air-popped, dry and light as packing peanuts. Kettle corn bought by the sack at summertime ...

Or perhaps it's a bit of nostalgia for the days when we watched our parents pop corn on the stove until the kernels burst out from under the lid. "I love the flavor of stove-top popcorn," said Mary ...

You've been burned before: You've had bad popcorn. Its smell doesn't leave your kitchen for days. It leaves black pockmarks on your good pot; it is inedible. It's a total movie night buzzkill. You've ...

Growing up, microwave popcorn was the norm in my household. We’d pop it as an after school snack, or make multiple bags for family movie night. I didn’t realize that microwave popcorn wasn’t the only ...

Stove-popped popcorn can help you avoid some of the extra ingredients in bagged microwave popcorn. It may take a bit longer ...

Popcorn is the ultimate snack—delicious, versatile and so easy to make. It’s budget-friendly and low-calorie, too, so it's a snack that you can feel good about. Whether you’re in the mood for sweet ...

Hardcore popcorn lovers know: Making popcorn on the stove with a generous splash of oil is the best way to make a perfectly light, crisp snack. If you’re watching your fat intake, using an air popper ...

Stovetop popcorn is incredibly easy to make. As long as you don't add more than a single layer of kernels to your saucepan, don't set the heat too high, and leave the lid slightly ajar, you will have ...

Growing up, my family relied on the microwave or an electric popper to turn out popcorn, which always left me wondering how anyone managed to get popcorn before every house was wired up. I did ...