French fries are one of life's great pleasures. But there is a great big world of vegetables out there, just waiting to be deep-fried and dipped in ketchup. More

If you're looking for an easy way to take care of your guests, look no further than the ubiquitous, ever-handy Mason jar. We all probably have a few canning jars at the back of the pantry, and they can be extra helpful when it comes to parties and gatherings. Pre-make cool cocktails before your guests arrive with this simple tip! More

I have this love-hate relationship with my Brita pitcher. On the one hand, the jug of refreshing cold water straight from the fridge totally reminds me of my grandparents' house. The only catch is that I can never remember to fill the stupid thing. I need to paste a friendly reminder to the fridge: Refill every time you pour a glass! More

When I was very young and learning how to bake, I was shown something called the Water Displacement Method. I haven't seen this method for measuring solid fats mentioned recently, so perhaps it's gone out of fashion. Is this still being taught today? More

Pot lids are one of the trickiest things to store well in the kitchen. They don't stack; they slide all over the place in the cupboards. Reader Caroline and her partner came up with a smart, unexpected way to store pot lids: Flying saucers on hooks under the cabinets! More

I am so enamored of these frozen yogurt dots from Tracy over at Shutterbean. I may need to wrangle up a few five-year-olds just to have an excuse to make them. Seriously, how much fun are these? And not to mention both healthy and easy! More

If you want to keep an open bottle of wine for more than a couple days, there are a lot of fancy gadgets out there to help you. But our friends at Food52 have a great video tip for keeping leftover wine in the refrigerator for up to a week — using just a canning jar and a kitchen towel. More

There's nothing worse than opening up a bottle of wine and being hit with the smell of dank, wet cardboard the moment you lift the glass to your nose. It's corked. Can anything be done? Food scientist Harold McGee shared an intriguing tip for saving corked wine using a piece of plastic wrap. More

One of the dangers of cooking a meal for just yourself is the Why Bother Syndrome. This usually happens on a weeknight when you arrive home from work, exhausted and depleted, and the idea of rustling up a nice, hot, nutritious meal just for you seems like way too much effort. So out come the chips and salsa, and before you know it, you're brushing your teeth before bed without having ingested much more than cornmeal, tomato puree and salt for dinner. Does this sound familiar? More

Whenever I make a batch of cookies, it seems inevitable that I will have two or three leftover scoops of dough that will not fit on the cookie sheet no matter how I hard I try. Rather than do another round in the oven for just a few cookies, a friend of mine suggested I freeze these orphaned scoops. More