Claire Lower's posts

I love rice. I love it freshly cooked, all fluffy and tender, or fried up crispy and crowned with a runny egg. It…

The beauty of a highball lies in its simplicity: Booze is combined with not-booze, which usually takes the form of a…

I have a tendency to get obsessive about aggressive, bitter flavors. When I drank beer, I sought out the hoppiest…

Trader Joe’s is a somewhat silly place. Some of their products have a very “created by AI” vibe, but others are very…

As the weather warms up and people continue to be vaccinated, BBQ guys across the land are firing up their grills…

Many people use buttermilk powder to make their own ranch seasoning mix, which they then use to make their own ranch…

I don’t usually heavily season my steaks—I like to let the meat speak for itself—but there is something deeply…

The word “Angus” conjures up the spirit of quality American beef, and it’s used by restaurants and grocery stores…

My household is always stocked with least two different kinds of butter: I have cooking butter for sautéing and…

Most hard-boiled egg recipes will tell you to cover your eggs with cold water, bring them to a boil, then cover and…

People “know” meat comes from animals, but sometimes it’s easy to forget just how complex those animals are. A…

Usually, when one cooks something in a pan, they are limited by the size of that pan. This is somewhat true with…

If you are familiar with even half of my deal, you know that I’m very into corn. I will eat it off the buttery cob.…

I can appreciate a good cry, but I do not enjoy it when my eyes get stingy and weepy just because I want to eat an…

Spaghetti is a straightforward dish almost anyone can make. Boil some pasta, warm some sauce (or make it from…

There are fruits that you must peel before biting into, like pineapples, almost all citrus fruits, and bananas…

In a lot of cases, parchment paper and aluminum foil are interchangeable. Both can be used to line baking sheets to…

Mashed potatoes are as involved as you want them to be. Want to peel them? Great. Want to rice them? Also great. Not…

I won’t say that deep frying at home isn’t “worth it,” but I will say that it’s downright unpleasant. It stinks.…

Uncrustables hit the freezer section of nearly every major grocery store before I hit puberty, but I didn’t have one…