No oven, no crack, no water bath for this pumpkin cheesecake
No bake pumpkin cheesecake with a freezer-set crust and a gelatin-free filling: no oven, no crack, no water bath, just twelve hours of chilling before slicing.
How many pounds of turkey for six, ten, sixteen, or twenty-four
How much turkey per person for six, ten, sixteen, or twenty-four guests, plus sides, pie servings, thawing time, and the two dishes everyone over-buys.
Half-and-half will not whip and heavy cream will not curdle
Heavy cream vs whipping cream vs half-and-half, compared by fat percentage: which whips, which curdles in a hot pan, and how to substitute one for another.
Mash the squash and you have a sauce without cream
Butternut squash pasta with no cream: pre-cubed squash, a hot pan, and pasta water. The mash step that makes the sauce and the herb that carries it.
Feed twelve people from a board for under twenty dollars
Cheap snack board ideas that feed twelve for under twenty dollars, with the ratio of expensive to cheap items and the four fillers that read as generous.
Candy corn, chocolate bars, gummies: three different November problems
Leftover Halloween candy recipes sorted by sugar type: what folds into cookies, what goes into ice cream, and what melts into a stovetop sauce.
Two days out, one day out, that morning
A party food make ahead schedule for twelve common dishes, sorted onto the day they should be made, plus which three can be fully assembled and which cannot.
What is actually inside a jar of chili crisp?
What to do with chili crisp beyond noodles: what is actually in the jar, how popular brands differ in heat and crunch, and eight uses including breakfast.
Pie filling and pumpkin puree are not the same can
Canned pumpkin vs pumpkin pie filling: one is plain squash and the other is already sweetened and spiced. What the swap does to a recipe, and how to fix it.
Hummus without tahini: sunflower seed, yogurt, or plain olive oil
Hummus without tahini, tested three ways: sunflower seed butter, Greek yogurt, and plain olive oil, compared on texture, cost, and lunchbox shelf life.