In The Kitchen

Ingredient Guides

What are the best apples for baking? What oil should I use for cooking? What is aquafaba and how do I use it? Our Ingredient Guides reveal all.
Dukkah spice blend
Know Your Spices: Dukkah
Ground and seed cumin
Know Your Spices: Cumin
Stalk of lemongrass
Know Your Herbs: Lemongrass
Bottle of Watkins Almond Extract
Your Guide to Almond Extract, a ‘Know-It-When-You-Taste-It’ Essential Baking Ingredient
bottle of mccormick's peppermint extract
Your Guide to Peppermint Extract, the Hint of Mint You Find Everywhere in Holiday Baking
Fresh, dried, and powdered galangal spice on a blue plate
Know Your Spices: Galangal
Bowl of brussels sprouts
Your Guide to Brussels Sprouts, the Teeny-Tiny Cabbages That Are Best Roasted
Varieties of colorful winter squash
Your Guide to Winter Squash: All the Varieties, What and How to Swap, and Favorite Recipes
A collection of bouillon cubes, powder, and concentrates
What Is Bouillon? (And Why Better Than Bouillon Is, Well, Better!)
Wooden bowl filled with red orange cayenne pepper
Know Your Spices: Cayenne Pepper
White bowl full of celery seed spice next to black spoon
Know Your Spices: Celery Seed
Yam vs sweet potato
Now You Know: Yam vs Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes in a pile
Your Guide to Sweet Potatoes, the Variety-Rich Root Vegetable that Is Definitely Not a Yam
An orange bowl will quince fruit
Your Guide to Quince, the Glorious Pear-Like Fruit That Should Always Be Cooked
Annatto seeds and ground
Know Your Spices: Annatto
Bottle of 365 organic sunflower seed oil
Your Guide to Sunflower Oil, and Why High Oleic Is What You Want for Cooking
Bottle of Crisco canola oil
Your Guide to Canola Oil, a Versatile Vegetable Oil That Works Well for Cooking and Baking
Crisco refined peanut oil
Your Guide to Peanut Oil, Our Go-To Cooking Oil for Stir-Frying and Deep-Frying
Piles of different kinds of sugar
Your Guide to All the Different Kinds of Sugar
A bunch of colorful bowls with flour in them
Your Guide to Flour: The Different Types, How to Choose, and Why the Protein Content Matters
A white bowl of fresh cranberries set on a teal linen.
Your Guide to Cranberries, the Tart Little Fruit That's More American Than Apple Pie
Pile of ground nutmeg next to three whole nutmegs
Know Your Spices: Nutmeg
Ground ginger on a pink plate
Know Your Spices: Ground Ginger
Fresh thyme herb on marble
Know Your Herbs: Thyme
Whole sage on a wood cutting board
Know Your Herbs: Sage
Bowls of flour baking soda salt self-rising flour recipe
How to Make Self-Rising Flour
5 mins
soft medium firm tofu guide to tofu
A Guide to Tofu: How to Press, Prep, and Cook Different Tofu Types and Textures
Berbere spice in a white bowl
Know Your Spices: Berbere
Adobo seasoning spice in a brown bowl
Know Your Spices: Adobo Seasoning
Walnut oil on wood cutting board white background
Your Guide to Walnut Oil, a Subtly Bitter Oil That's Great Whisked Into Vinaigrettes
Fried bay leaves in lavender bowl
Know Your Herbs: Bay Leaves
Caraway seeds in a white dish
Know Your Spices: Caraway
Frozen corn green beans broccoli brussels sprouts in white bowls
Why Frozen Vegetables Are a Freezer Essential
Flax oil bottle with glass jar of flaxseeds
Your Guide to Flaxseed Oil, a Mild Finishing Oil to Drizzle Over Salads and Vegetables
Spectrum toasted sesame oil
Your Guide to Toasted Sesame Oil, a Rich Finishing Oil for Sauces and Stir-Fries
Bottle of organic sesame seed oil
Your Guide to Untoasted Sesame Oil, the Slightly Nutty Neutral Cooking Oil
Grapeseed oil la tourangelle
Your Guide to Grapeseed Oil, a Byproduct of Winemaking That Makes a Terrific Mayonnaise
Baharat in a wooden bowl
Know Your Spices: Baharat
Bottle of spectrum safflower oil
Your Guide to Safflower Oil, an Affordable and Versatile Neutral Oil
Aleppo pepper flakes in a light blue bowl
Know Your Spices: Aleppo Pepper
Anise seed in a jar
Know Your Spices: Anise Seed
Varieties of tomatoes
Your Tomato Season Primer: 7 Types of Tomatoes and How to Use Each Kind
Green beans on a wood cutting board
Your Guide to Fresh Green Beans, the Smooth, Snappy Pods of High Summer
Mounds of cinnamon and cinnamon sticks on a white plate
Know Your Spices: Cinnamon
All kinds of varieties of eggplant
Your Guide to Eggplant: How To Cut, Prepare, Cook, and Freeze It
Varieties of summer corn
Your Guide to Sweet Summer Corn: How to Store, Shuck, Grill, Boil, and Microwave It!
Ground and whole coriander
Know Your Spices: Coriander
Varieties of Swiss chard with rainbow red and white stems
Your Guide to Swiss Chard, the Versatile and Approachable Dark, Leafy Green