Slow Cooker

Five ingredients and five minutes of prep make the most tender slow cooker pot roast ever. Ranch, au jus, butter and pepperoncini do all the work for you.

There is a particular smell that means fall has arrived in my house, and it is this stew. Onions and garlic softening in a skillet, beef browning in batches, thyme and bay leaf going into the slow cooker at seven in the morning. By five o’clock the whole house smells amazing, and the best part … Read more

The first time I made chicken and dumplings, I did it the hard way. I stood over a pot on the stove for two hours, stirring and fretting, convinced the dumplings would turn into soggy lumps. They were fine, but I was exhausted, and my kitchen looked like a flour bomb had gone off. Years … Read more

There is a particular smell that takes me straight back to my dad’s backyard. It is smoke and brown sugar and pork fat rendering low and slow, and for years I believed you needed a smoker, a whole Saturday, and a man with strong opinions about wood chips to get it. Then I had kids, … Read more