Serious Eats / Maureen CelestineBeef wet fry—tender bite-size beef chunks coated in a thick tomato-based sauce—is a popular dish in Kenya, and one of my favorite easy go-to dinners. When I was growing up in Kenya, my family would sit around the dinner table enjoying generous portions of the stew-like dish laddled next to ugali (cooked cornmeal) or white...

Serious Eats / Victor ProtasioI would describe myself as an occasional vegetarian who can go meatless for an extended period, say, after a stretch of carnivorous indulgence—like 11 days in South Korea sampling every pork- and beef-centric specialty (not to mention chicken) I could sink my teeth into. Now that I'm back from my trip, I'm reaching for...

Serious Eats / Sal VaglicaThere is nothing about a colander I find enjoyable. From the space it occupies in the cabinet and the dishwasher to the idea that it holds food an inch or so above the bottom of a—let’s be honest—germy sink, nearly everything about the tool needs help. For most pasta dishes, I fish noodles out of boiling water with a spider...

Serious Eats / Amanda SuarezThe classic baked potato is a well-loved dish, but it usually functions as a supporting character to the main event—a charbroiled steak, a juicy pork chop, or a roasted chicken. Another world is possible, however, one in which the baked potato is the meal, replete with protein, vegetables, and overflowing with buttery potato...

Serious Eats / Morgan Hunt GlazeNeed a Thanksgiving savory snack or New Year’s Eve passed hors d'oeuvres? Open up a bottle of wine or pour some martinis and pass around a tray of these easy sausage stuffed mushrooms. Your friends will talk.Great stuffed mushrooms pack a lot of flavor into a small package, hitting earthy, salty, and umami notes all at...

Serious Eats / An UongIt’s well-known that the moment you open up a bag of coffee, it starts to degrade. There’s no way around it. Through a process called oxidation, coffee beans start to lose their flavor and aroma over time once they’re introduced to air. For frequent coffee drinkers, this isn’t a huge problem, since they’ll likely work through a...