Stories

Chef David Nayfeld's restaurant Che Fico, in San Francisco, is an Italian restaurant with a focus on the food of the Roman ghetto. He's also a good friend of Francis Lam. The two step into the kitchen to learn how Nayfeld's family makes stuffed potato pancakes and discuss the Jewish roots of Roman food.

Wine writer and expert Peter Liem says Champagne is a drink that should be enjoyed 12 months of the year - not just during the holidays. He talks with Melissa Clark about how versatile it can be, and why you don’t need special glasses for it.

If cookbooks, blogs and cookware retailers are correct, air fryers are the next big thing in countertop cooking. America's Test Kitchen tested and reviewed many air fryers to see how they performed, and found they may not be worth the hype.

Nik Sharma is a cookbook author, photographer and chef in training who embraces global flavors in his food. His mashup of culinary influences includes delicious connections he's between the foods of his native India, and those of his husband's homeland, the American South.

We go into the kitchen with Kristen Miglore, author of Food52 Genius Desserts, to learn how to make a decadent chocolate mousse using Greek yogurt, and phenomenal chocolate chip cookies that everyone will enjoy.

Thousands of years ago, eating a pumpkin - if you could even get it open! - could have killed you. If nothing else, they tasted absolutely horrible. Anthropologist Logan Kistler explains how pumpkins evolved to become one of the most popular ingredients for holiday cooking and baking.

Lan Lam, a senior editor for Cook's Illustrated and recipe developer for America's Test Kitchen, came up with a brilliant gravy that you can make ahead of time. And the smart part of it is that you don’t have to stand there and brown any turkey parts.

Kristen Miglore, author of Food52 Genius Desserts, wants your holiday dessert platter to be a huge success. Francis Lam joins her in the Food52 kitchen to get some suggestions for making your desserts disaster-proof - and what to do if something does go wrong. Plus, we two recipe videos with Kristen!