What's the Difference Between Fertilized and Unfertilized Eggs?

Hint: -a-doodle-do.

What Else Besides Corn Pops, and How?

Steam is powerful stuff.

Almond Jay

Coconut and almond filling dipped in milk chocolate.

Make Your Own Preserves

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

What Vegetables Go Into Vegetable Oil?

Mostly soybeans.

How Long Do Hard-Boiled Eggs Last?

You’d better find those Easter eggs quick.

Hamburgers and Sausages from Scratch

The best home meat grinders.

Are Frozen Vegetables as Nutritious as Fresh?

It just comes down to time.

Bark If You Like It

What to cook for the dog that eats everything.

Ice Cream of the Gods

Must-have appliance of experimental pro chefs, the Pacojet is expensive but makes heavenly ice cream.

Why Do You Need a Nonreactive Bowl for Some Recipes?

It’s a matter of flavor and color.

Secrets of the Chip Aisle

The differences between “kettle-cooked” and standard potato chips; olestra and MSG.

I'll Pay You to Kill My Steer

Free-range and grass-fed animals are big with consumers. So why won’t most American slaughterhouses kill them?

Can You Eat Ornamental Indian Corn?

It adorns holiday tables but seems inedible.

Is Store-Bought Ice More Germy than Homemade Ice?

Frozen germs are still germs.