Katie Macdonald
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New York, NY, United States
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12 Crowd-Favorite Dinner Recipes for Any Holiday Feast
The point of a holiday feast is to slow down and enjoy the cooking as well as the eating. Here are twelve Christmas main dishes we know your guests will love. → Read More
22 Treasured Family Recipes That Bring Us Together
The Food52 team shares favorite Thanksgiving recipes—from Canadian meat pies and "angel corn" to cozy, comforting stuffing. They're making quite a spread! → Read More
How to Defrost a Turkey the *Right* Way
Our golden rule: 1 day of thawing in the refrigerator for every 4 pounds. So if you have a 15-pound turkey, start defrosting at least 4 days in advance. → Read More
Our 10 Most Popular Baked Pasta Recipes for the Warmest, Bubbliest Dinners
Gooey, cheesy crowd-pleasers. → Read More
The Most Popular Kitchen Gadget in Every State, According to Google
No matter what you’re making, an extra hand is always helpful in the kitchen. And that’s why we love kitchen gadgets—the slow cookers, pasta makers, stand mixers, panini presses—to make whatever we’re cooking that much easier, faster, or more convenient. But what gadgets are most popular across the country? Last month, Empire Today, a national provider in professionally installed home… → Read More
Our 10 Most Popular Bread Recipes for the Best Weekend Project Ever
Nothing compares to the heart-fluttering happiness of smelling fresh baked bread. Well, okay, there’s one thing: the scent of fresh-baked, from-scratch bread you’ve made. There’s a reason bread baking is its own kind of ritual. Because homemade bread is a mix between science and magic, where simple flour, salt, and water transform with heat into crusty-edged, fluffy-centered goodness. It’s… → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Store Your Coffee, According to an Expert
The absolute best way to store coffee beans, according to an expert, including the freezer, fridge, and more. → Read More
A 'Why Didn’t I Think of That?' Way to Tie a Trash Bag
A quick and easy way to keep your kitchen trash bag from slipping. → Read More
11 Lightning-Quick Chicken Recipes for Conquering Any Weeknight
It’s affordable, versatile, a speedy supper ready to wing anything: chicken is a weeknight winner. And to prove it, we've gathered 11 lightening quick chicken recipes from our site to prep and cook in 30 minutes (or less!). Check them out. → Read More
Wait—You're Supposed to Clean Your Broom?
For the best sweep, clean your broom every three months. We've got the simple guide for how to clean your broom in four steps. → Read More
14 Make-Ahead Dinners to Freeze Now & Eat All Winter Long
From stews and pastas to dumplings, we love easy freezer meal recipes. Spend a day prepping a week's worth of dinners and toss them in the freezer. Your future-self will thank you. → Read More
Our 10 Most Popular Sheet-Pan Recipes for Speedy, Streamlined Meals
Sheet-pan recipes are some of our site's most popular attractions. We've combed through Food52's near-decade-old recipe box for the most cooked, most favorited sheet-pan recipes ever. Check them out for the ultimate weeknight dinner. → Read More
How to Turn 5 Sweet Potatoes Into a Week of Meals
From soups and smoothies to souffles—versatile, healthy-ish sweet potatoes can do it all. Which is exactly why, in these dark, cold days of winter, I’m leaning hard and heavy into sweet potato-centered meals. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Roast a Whole Chicken, According to 5 Chefs
A definitive guide on how long to bake a whole chicken in the oven and our best roast chicken recipes. → Read More
Our 10 Most Popular Pasta Recipes for Anytime Comfort Cravings
The ones we're making over and over (and over!) again. → Read More
How a Simple Challenge Shook Up My Stale Routine
To break out of my same old routine, I challenged myself to try something new every day for 7 days. Here's what I learned. → Read More
I Stopped Saying Sorry for One Week—& Honestly, It Felt Great
My rules were simple: for seven days, I’d do my best not to utter the words “I’m sorry,” or similar iterations (apologies, forgive me, my bad, etc.), no matter the person or situation. Even if I really was sorry. → Read More
The Absolute Best Way to Dice an Onion, According to a Chef
Our test kitchen director Josh Cohen gives us a step-by-step tutorial on the easiest way to dice an onion. → Read More
We Asked 26,000 Home Cooks for Their Best Money-Saving Tips
Settling on a classic New Year’s resolution, we asked our Cookbook Club to share their best money-saving tips and tricks in the kitchen. They chimed in with hundreds of responses—and we’re sharing 25 of our favorites to motivate you. → Read More
A Why-Didn't-I-Think-of-That Way to Fold Fitted Sheets
The simple method for *finally* mastering your fitted sheets. → Read More