Ella Quittner
Food52
New York, NY, United States
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The Absolute Best Way to Make Crispy Potato Chips
No one knows who fried the first potato chip, but Ella Quittner is the latest—and most prolific—fryer to grace the chip history pages. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make Sugar Cookies
Ella Quittner continues her quest for the best. This time, she's tackling the blank slate of baked goods: the sugar cookie. → Read More
What on Earth Is Nic Cage's Favorite Pasta Shape?
Nicolas Cage remembers a pasta from his past, it is square but also a tube that he had in California. With plenty of research, we tried to find out what it was. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make an Egg Sandwich
According to so many tests. → Read More
The Hands-Free Cleaning Hack for Those Stubborn Burnt Bits
A viral cleaning hack to get rid of all those stubborn burnt bits on your cookware, stove grates, and oven racks. The best part? It's virtually hand-free. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Bread Chicken
What's the best way to to bread chicken for crispy cutlets? We tested different dredging methods and lots of crumbs, like Ritz, Cheez-Its, and Saltines. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make Juicy Pork Chops
What's the best method for juicy—not dry!—pork chops? We compared a bunch of methods, from roasting to air-frying. → Read More
The (Cursed) Rise of Bedtime Stories for Adults
I went on a quest to try as many bedtime stories as I could. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make Buffalo Wings, According to So Many Tests
Columnist Ella Quittner tests and compares the most popular methods, including braised, grilled, seared, fried, and baked. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Cook Potatoes, According to So Many Tests
Ranked from Most Forgettable to Potatoes We’d Like to Marry. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make Chewy Cookies, According to So Many Tests
We tested a range of techniques on chocolate chip, peanut butter, and sugar cookies—to find the chewiest of them all. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Cook French Fries, According to So Many Tests
Columnist Ella Quittner tests out a lot (and we mean, a lot) of French fry cook methods and cut shapes. But which does she like best? → Read More
My Weird Night in the World's Biggest Potato Hotel
Spoiler alert: It's also the only one. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make Jam, According to So Many Tests
For this month's "Absolute Best Tests," Ella Quittner made a lot of jam to find the best technique around. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Make Chicken Nuggets, According to So Many Tests
Does the perfect DIY chicken nugget exist? Columnist Ella Quittner finds out. → Read More
The Latest Drink Trend Is Not for the Faint of Heart
Canned coffee alcohol drinks, aka hard coffee, is all the rage these days. We've rounded up five popular ones on the market and ranked them from worst to best. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Cook a Hot Dog, According to So Many Tests
Spiral-cut? Boiled in beer? Microwaved? Columnist Ella Quittner sets out to find the ultimate hot dog. → Read More
The Great Layer Cake Mystery of 2020
Sales were up, but no one will cop to eating it. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Brown Mushrooms, According to So Many Tests
We compared various popular methods, like broiling, sautéing, and more, to find the best strategy for browning baby bella mushrooms. → Read More
Perfecting the Art of Breadfacing
In her inaugural culture column, Ella Quittner explores the bread facing trend with popular pandemic breads: sourdough, banana bread, focaccia, and a doughnut. → Read More