CHOW Tip

Test Your Grill's Readiness with Your Hand

How to check the temperature without a thermometer.

Obsessives

Obsessives: Cookbook Peddler

If it’s a food book, Nach Waxman’s got it. (By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin)

CHOW Tip

Kitchen Tips

How to crack eggs, crush ice, kill fruit flies, and other helpful hints.

Cooking with Grandma

Cooking with Grandma Alvina

Granddaughter Alyssa helps out with Burmese prawn curry and coconut rice. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

Feature

Start to Finish: Thanksgiving Dinner for Six

Behind the scenes of a meal in progress. (By Eric Slatkin and Blake Smith)

Cooking with Grandma

Cooking with Grandma Irma

Grandson Caleb helps Irma prepare brisket for Passover. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

CHOW Tip

Tips for the Perfect Pie Crust

Make it tender and flaky.

CHOW Tip

How to Prevent an Avocado from Browning

A semiscientific study shows the best method.

CHOW Tip

How to Clean a Cast Iron Pan

Remember: no soap.

CHOW Tip

How to Hone a Knife

An expert from the Brooklyn Kitchen demonstrates how to get your steel aligned.

CHOW Tip

How to Measure Rice Proportions with Your Finger

This easy method requires knuckles, not measuring cups.

The Perfect

The Perfect Fried Chicken

As determined by the Lee brothers. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

CHOW Tip

How to Keep Okra from Getting Slimy

It just takes a little hot oil.

CHOW Tip

How to Deal with Rusty Cast Iron

It’s not a castoff.

CHOW Tip

Don't Scrape Your Knife's Blade ...

Across the cutting board, for goodness sake!