There's a particular kind of discomfort that settles over a professional chef the moment they step into someone else's home ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

Shouting “corner!” when you’re making microwave popcorn isn’t helpful, but there are some protocols and tricks from commercial kitchens you can—and should—adopt at home. Jeff Somers is a freelancer ...

Spending your days dreaming about what you'd make in a combi oven, binge-watching every episode of "Chef's Table," or curating themed menus for weeknight dinners? Then it might be time to upgrade your ...

A series where we find out which products the professionals (who really know what they’re talking about) actually use and really stand behind. Read more here. Unless you’ve worked in a professional ...

We all spend a lot of time in our kitchens — it’s the heart of the home. But not as much as professional chefs who devote hours and hours of the day and night slicing, searing, and sautéing in their ...

Talk to any number of chefs and you may find that not many of them cook for themselves at home unless they have to. It's not a surprise that the last thing we want to do when we get off work, after ...