Monday, June 8, 2020

May's most popular stories

May's Top 10

Last month, we began our deep dive into sourdough in true Serious Eats fashion. You may have used our a starter recipe, or read our starter diary and the science behind it all. If you're not in pursuit of better homemade bread, perhaps you made some of our quick, simple comforts, like chicken and lentil stew with jammy onions or pleasantly numbing mapo beans. Or maybe you kept things lighter, with our easy vegetable pancakes or white bean tuna salad. Here are May's most popular recipes and stories. If you missed any, now's your chance to catch up.

The Science of Sourdough Starters

You don't have to understand the the science of sourdough yeasts and bacteria to bake great bread, but it sure can help.

The Best Flour for Sourdough Starters: An Investigation

Two weeks in the life of five sourdough starters made with different flours.

Ina Is Queen, Even in Quarantine

We may all be on our own right now, but Ina Garten remains the consummate host—Top Ramen, frozen waffles, and all.

White Bean and Tuna Salad

The perfect protein-packed light meal for when you don't want to do any cooking.

Mapo Beans (White Beans Cooked in the Style of Mapo Tofu)

A quick-cooking riff on mapo tofu that's perfect for using up cannellini from a big batch of cooked dry beans.

The Tuna Melt Manifesto: 7 Ways to Improve Your Melt

There are many ways to make them, but some rules shall not be broken.

Easy Vegetable Pancakes

Savory pancakes stuffed to the gills with vegetables that'll satisfy both children and adults alike.

Why I Hate Strega Nona

Chaos, bad pasta, and mixed-up lessons about doing the right thing.

Sourdough Starter Recipe

Here's everything you need to know to get yours going with success.

Spicy Chicken and Lentil Stew With Jammy Onions

Fragrant, spiced lentil stew topped with fried onions and tomatoes make for a filling and deeply flavorful meal.

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Around the world in pancakes

Around the World in Pancakes

For most Americans, the word "pancake" conjures up a stack of fluffy, hot-off-the-griddle flapjacks, a pat of butter slowly melting beneath a rivulet of maple syrup. But pancakes take myriad forms around the world, from delicate French crepes sprinkled with sugar to spongy, sour Ethiopian injera to chewy-crisp Japanese okonomiyaki, studded with seafood and drizzled with sticky brown sauce and mayo.

There are hundreds of pancake varieties and thousands of ways to prepare, serve, fill, and eat them. Here are some great ones that we think you should get to know.

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Thick and Fluffy Pancakes From Homemade Pancake Mix

French Crepes With Spinach and Feta

Broiled Mint Msemen With Honey

Yeasted Blini

Old-Fashioned Latkes

Farinata (Italian Chickpea Pancake)

Paratha (Flaky South Asian Flatbread)

Dosa (Indian Rice-and-Lentil Crepes)

Extra-Flaky Scallion Pancakes

Okonomiyaki (Japanese Cabbage Pancake)

Saturday, May 30, 2020

What to do with all those eggs

Everything you want to know about eggs

So maybe you have some eggs in the fridge. Maybe you've just got leftover yolks or leftover whites. Maybe you need some inspiration. Well, if you're hungry, we have everything you need right here.