The Serious Eats Guide to Apple Season

We're going to the orchard No Images? Click here   It's Apple Season, so Get Pickin'! It's easy to see the changing of the seasons just by looking at the fruit vendors at your local market. This is the time of year when peaches, cherries, and strawberries fade away and are replaced by pears, persimmons, and—of course—apples.  The sweet fruit is delicious raw, but there's so much more that you can do with it. It's not fall without apple pie, and we have tons of variations for you to choose from. But apples are just as good in other desserts, plus savory dishes like baked Brie en croûte and toasted-bulgur salad. We've rounded up all the sweet and savory recipes you need to keep eating apples all season. Read more →  Break out your canning gear How to Take Applesauce to the Next Level With a blend of sweet and tart apples, toasted sugar, and a splash of apple cider vinegar, applesauce can be classic and complex at the same time. It's simple, wholesome, and delicious—sweet enough to feel like dessert, but neither sugary nor cloying. The best apples for apple pie For an apple pie filling with tender but intact chunks of fruit, balanced perfectly between tart and sweet, you'll want to pick the right kind of apple. Read more →  Apples + cinnamon forever Easy, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie German Apple Pancake Apple-Pecan Bourbon-Caramel Pie Apple Compote How to prevent cut apples from browning Apples, along with some other fruits, like pears and bananas, have a tendency to brown quickly once the inner flesh is damaged and exposed to air. So, why do they brown, and what's the best way to stop it? Read more →    Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Our Favorite Mexican Recipes

What's new on Serious Eats No Images? Click here RECIPES 22 Mexican Recipes for Pozole, Chile Verde, Tacos, and More It's impossible to condense all of the country's food into one list, but these 22 Mexican recipes are a good start. We love these recipes for Mexican favorites like pozole verde, Mexican-style shrimp cocktail, and tender cochinita pibil. Read Now FEATURES Get to Know Sunchokes, a.k.a. Jerusalem Artichokes Nutty-sweet sunchokes deserve to be associated with more than farts. Read Now FEATURES Everything You Can Do With a Wok A wok is one of the most versatile cooking vessels in the kitchen, and this list proves it. Read Now Email Continues After Ad Below THE KITCHEN ESSENTIAL Joyce Chen Wok ​ Woks are the best tools for stir-frying if you want to get that distinctly smoky wok hei flavor, but they're also versatile vessels that you can use for braising, deep-frying, or even indoor smoking. Shop Now TECHNIQUES Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies: Just Pantry Staples, Totally Vegan If you love the olive oil cake at your favorite Italian-American restaurant, these fragrant chocolate chip cookies may just be your new favorite dessert. Read Now PODCAST Introducing: Special Sauce 2.0 We're back with a new season of Special Sauce, now with two new features! #AskKenji, where Kenji answers your burning culinary questions, and a check-in with Serious Eats World HQ. Read Now   Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

"Oh, @%#^": Our Most Embarrassing Kitchen Fails

Our most recent staff picks No Images? Click here   "Oh, @%#^": Our Most Embarrassing Kitchen Fails The more time you spend in a kitchen, the more opportunities you have to screw something up in a royal way. Read more → Behind on our staff picks? Here's what you missed The Condiments We Put on Everything You can take our chili crisp when you pry it from our cold, dead hands. "You're All Monsters": Our Unpopular Food Opinions Prepare to lose any remaining respect for us. The Kitchen Habits That Fill Us With Rage and Fury A kitchen space all to ourselves is but a fantasy for most of us. So we'll settle for the next best thing: griping about our most eye-twitch-inducing kitchen pet peeves.   Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Homemade Nacho-Style Cheese Sauce

Respect the dip No Images? Click here Ooey Gooey Cheese Sauce  Sure, you could just pop the top on a jar of store-bought nacho cheese sauce, but what's the fun in that? Even more importantly, what control does that give you? Not much: You can't choose what kinds of cheese go into the sauce, nor how spicy it is, and whether you add pickled jalapeños or not. But with this dead-easy homemade nacho cheese sauce, you can make those decisions, and end up with a silky, gooey, perfect nacho cheese sauce of your own design. Whenever you want. Read More → Perfect partners for your cheese sauce Perfect Thin and Crispy French Fries The Ultimate Fully Loaded Nachos Easy Roasted Broccoli Homemade Burger King Whopper-Style Cheeseburgers   Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe