A history of pancake recipes – from Elizabethan ale to the invention of self-raising flour

Elizabeth Hammond’s Modern Domestic Cookery (1819) includes this pancake recipe: “Take eggs, flour and milk, with which make a light batter. Add nutmeg, ginger and salt, fry them in plenty of hot lard ...

6 Fun Questions That Make Google Photos Feel Like Magic

When you tap the Ask button while viewing an image, Google Photos may automatically generate a short description of what’s in the photo. You can then select “Tell me more” to expand on details such as ...

This Sheet-Pan Shrimp and Rice Is Extremely Nice

Melissa Clark’s recipe layers textures and flavors in this generous weeknight dinner, inspired by shrimp fried rice.

Cooking Fancy Isn’t About Expensive Ingredients. It’s a Mind-Set.

You don’t have to try the latest trendy meal at the hottest new restaurant, quit your job or move to another country to live a better life.
The New Yorker

Why We Can’t Stop Reading—and Writing—Food Diaries

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick save their Parmesan rinds and shrimp shells—and who eats solely to survive. (The novelist Jonathan Ames claims that vitamin gummies are enough to satisfy his ...
UVA Today

UVA alumna stirs memories where her food-writing career began

With her newest cookbook, “Chesnok,” in hand, 2014 University of Virginia alumna Polina Chesnakova returned to Charlottesville, the place where her interest in writing about food began to simmer. What ...
AOL

Why It Pays To Handwrite The Recipes You Love

We've all been there: You randomly Google ingredients to find a recipe that's perfect for a quick and easy weekday dinner, and end up making a meal that you love, and know you'll want to cook again ...
AOL

I Tested Ina Garten and Julia Child's Famous Mashed Potato Recipes for Thanksgiving — the Clear Winner Is the "Best of All Time"

A good batch of mashed potatoes is a thing of elemental beauty. The ingredients are pretty standard (potatoes, milk, cream, and some seasoning), but the result is transcendent — a must for holiday ...
PC Gamer

How a former NASA employee became the world's foremost author of videogame cookbooks: 'It can't look like you're eating a Pokémon'

Victoria Rosenthal has written recipe books based on Fallout, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy 14, and many more. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
American Libraries

Recipe: Squash and Pepita Tartlets

Squash and pepita tartlets, one of the recipes in Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America (November, Clarkson Potter), written by Sean Sherman with Kate Nelson ...
Paste

Cassandra Peterson on Releasing Her New Cookbook and Writing Recipes as Elvira

Cassandra Peterson has been a Halloween icon for decades. As the beloved horror host and Goth queen Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, she’s introduced us to some of our favorite cult horror movies, ...