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Kay Chun

Deputy Food Editor Emeritus

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The Best Pepper Grinder for Your Kitchen

Tool of the trade? Try this tried and true pepper grinder for your kitchen.
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You Don't Know Joe

Every morning, I make pour-over coffee instead of using a machine. Here's why.
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Inside the Test Kitchen

Here are some tips for storing and organizing your spice pantry.
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How (and Why) to Toast Flour

Toasting flour before you use it cooks out the raw taste so that it lends a nutty, more complex flavor to baked goods and even pasta...
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How to Make Homemade Marshmallows as S'More Season Looms

Here's how to make marshmallows at home. It's easy. (We swear!) Maybe even a little too easy...
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DIY Nut Butters

On Wednesday, the Foodist blew up our spot by declaring peanut butter on toast the breakfast of choice for many BA staffers. The Test Kitchen can do you one better, Foodist: We make our own nut butters.
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How to Make Clarified Butter (First, Take Some Butter ...)

Clarified butter is one of the most underrated stars of the kitchen. And frankly, we think that's a crime ...
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Triple Chocolate Tart with Boozy Whipped Cream

This triple threat dessert offers three distinct textures and flavors: A nutty, crumbly crust is filled with a dark chocolate pudding enriched with bittersweet chocolate, cocoa, and chocolate stout, then topped with a billowy bourbon whipped cream. For more seasonal recipes, download the free Gourmet Live app and stay tuned to the Gourmet Live blog for the latest updates.
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Inside the Test Kitchen

Here's how to make brown sugar in a food processor.
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Inside the Test Kitchen

Fresh licorice is not something you see every day in the States, especially when you didn't bring a plant back in your suitcase from your vacation in Puerto Rico.
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Chorizo Hash Browns

We love hash browns for their delicious contradiction—the way the outer crunch of skillet–fried potatoes gives way to an inner creaminess. Throw in some nuggets of spicy Spanish chorizo (left over from Corn–Bread and Chorizo Stuffing ) and things only get better.
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Lemon Sabayon with Grapefruit

This remarkable sabayon, made with egg yolks left over from Spiced–Pumpkin Soufflés with Bourbon Molasses Sauce , tastes like a very lush and airy lemon curd. Pairing it with juicy segments of grapefruit creates a delightful call and response between the two citruses and their varying decibels of sweetness and tart zing. (The sabayon also pairs well with oranges or berries.) Though it is traditional to serve sabayon still warm—from the simmering water over which it is whisked—this version also tastes delicious chilled.
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Creamy Fennel and Greens Soup

Soup is a great way to use up leftover greens, especially the leafy tops of beets or turnips, which too often get tossed in the compost pile. In this suave, satisfying soup, braising beet tops and collard greens (left over, respectively, from Smoked–Sable Tartare with Beets and Watercress and Wild–Mushroom Bundles ) with fennel and onion mellows the greens' hearty flavor and brings out a surprising smoothness (heightened by the cream stirred in at the end). Adding the spinach just before blending helps keep the color bright.
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Frisée and Radish Salad with Hazelnut Dressing

This riff on the classic frisée salad with lardons is the perfect thing to make with leftover hazelnuts from our 10 Minute Main Hake with Hazelnuts and Capers . It looks delicate, but its vinaigrette is enriched with the nuts and some bacon fat, which not only gives it substance but also balances the bitterness of the frisée and the bite of the radishes.
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Calamari-Olive Salad

This beautiful seafood salad makes a terrific home for leftover Niçoise olives from the braised Veal Cacciatore . Quickly cooking the calamari renders it snowy white and very tender—such a nice backdrop to the salty olives and crunchy celery. Scallion, lemon zest, and celery add freshness.
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Italian Parsley and Beet Salad

Italian parsley isn't usually valued as a salad green. But when it’s tempered by earthy, juicy raw beets and a citrus vinaigrette, the mineral-tinged flat leaves will be the talk of the table.
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Piña Colada Ice Pops

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Peaches and Cream Yogurt Pops

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Mint Caipirinha Ice Pops

Inspired by Brazil's national drink, these boozy popsicles are made with cachaça, lime juice, and mint.
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Lobster Rolls with Lemon Vinaigrette and Garlic Butter

Not in the mood for bread? No problem. This no-mayo lobster mixture would also make an ideal centerpiece in a summer salad.