Bring Your Own Plastic Container

The greenest takeout packaging.

Make Your Own Tofu

A homemade version of the vegetarian centerpiece.

Make Your Own Mozzarella

Cheesemaking made simple.

Make Your Own Preserves

How to hold on to summer’s best produce: canning.

Bring It

The best rolls and cases for carrying your knives.

Tomatoes Packed in Their Own Juices

Home-canned tomatoes with a hint of basil.

How to Start Your Own Dive Bar

Be the boss, bouncer, and favorite bartender.

Make Your Own Digestifs

After-dinner alcohols to snap you out of a food coma.

Sweet Potato and Squash Baby Food

A good introduction to the sweet vegetables, this baby food is a pleasing combination of squash and sweet potato.

Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

Build Your Own Burrito Bar

Bring your local taqueria home, dress it up, and throw it a party.

Salmon Jerky "Candy"

Sugar-cured salmon jerky goes Nordic with the addition of caraway seeds.

Thai Beef Jerky

Sweet honey combines with salty fish sauce and floral coriander seed for a complex-flavored but simple-to-make beef jerky.

Broccoli Baby Food

If you can boil water, you can make baby food.

Corned Beef and Cabbage with Horseradish Cream Sauce

Corning your own beef is easier than you think.