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Food

Albert Burneko

Some chicken and sausages cooking on a hot grill, with a Chefector illustration

You Just Need A Thermometer

Your Crummy Apartment Stove Is Perfectly Fine For Cooking

A glass of pink lemonade, outside with flowers in the background.

Pink Lemonade For Everybody!

How To Help Your Kids Learn To Like A Food

A pigeon selects from the culinary delights in an overflowing garbage can

Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Rice grains in the paddy field in Ranala near Colombo on March 05, 2023.

Underexplained Lists

Grains Of Rice, Ranked

How To Break Free Of Recipe Dependence

Soup cans on a supermarket shelf, with a big Chefector logo in front

It’s Good To Make Your Own Stock Sometimes

Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher.

Fran Hoepfner

It’s Time To Stop Fucking Around: We Need An Official Super Bowl Dessert

A vegetable grocery display with carrots and scallions and radishes

You Have No Excuse For Disliking Vegetables

Three chefs hold a giant fish in an old black-and-white photo

Send Me Your Food Questions

Soraya Roberts

I’ll Have What No One Is Having

Kelsey McKinney

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Chris Thompson

Dayna Evans is a baker and writer who got really into surfing recently. She runs Downtime Bakery in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia.

Dayna Evans

Cat eating a panettone while a little girl sleeping.

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Attempts Panettone, For The Simple Joy Of Baking

My Damn Oven Died Just In Time For Thanksgiving

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Collapses Under The Weight Of Patisserie Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Trips Into The Deep Fryer Of Pastry Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Loses Its Cool In Custard Week

Let’s Make The Chili That, Uh, I Made This Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Melts Under The Pressure Of Halloween Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Plays Fast And Loose With Dessert Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Ignores Mexican Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Conquers Bread Week

A Delicious Thing To Do With Some Mushrooms

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Succumbs To Biscuit Week

a row of red velvet cakes made according to Paul Hollywood's recipe