One other cool thing you can make with a rice cooker is black garlic. Just stick some whole, unpeeled heads of garlic in there, set it to the “keep warm” setting, and let it sit for a couple weeks. (Yes, weeks.) The result is an amazing dark, caramelized, almost licorice-like substance that you can spread on toast,…

Could you infuse the watermelon with worcestershire or liquid smoke, and maybe even MSG, when you vacuum-seal it, if you wanted even more of a meat-like flavor?

I wish I had seen this before choosing to get an s10e a few months ago. There are other problems with the phone -- namely, the much-lauded fingerprint sensor flat out doesn’t work at all -- but this just adds to the list of reasons not to buy a Samsung. Hopefully this will prevent some other people from making the…

You can also often find it with the canning supplies at big box stores.

I’ve been doing a version of this for years, and my most recent one used a blend of rum and añejo tequila. I also sous-vide the dairy to toast it (see https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2018/01/toasted-cream.html but don’t use the baking soda, it will make it bitter). Sometimes I’ll add tawny port to give it that…

This is a compelling case. But you do realize that Putin’s goal is to sow doubt in our democratic institutions, right? In that context, publishing an article like this is playing right into his hands. He wants people to be unsure of whether their votes will matter, making it less likely that they will bother voting,…

Another trick, which I learned while making ajitama (the marinated soft-boiled eggs found in ramen), is to put some baking soda in the water. This is the only way I’ve found to peel soft-boiled eggs without destroying them.

We did this recipe for our Christmas morning breakfast with the family, and it was awesome. We only made 2 variations — a savory one (Italian sausage, cheddar, leeks, sautéed mushrooms) and a sweet one (dried cherries, vanilla, bourbon). One extra awesome thing about it is that, since you’re basically canning the…