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Slow-cooked ground beef with fire-roasted tomatoes, three kinds of chili pepper, and a smoky depth that only improves overnight.
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5 Knife Skills Every Home Cook Should Master
Your knife is the most important tool in the kitchen. Learning these five cuts — dice, julienne, chiffonade, brunoise, and mince — will transform how you cook, cut prep time in half, and give your dishes professional-looking results.
The 20 Pantry Staples That Power 80% of Our Recipes
Stock your shelves with these carefully chosen dry goods, canned staples, and condiments and you'll be able to pull together a satisfying meal any night of the week — even when the fridge looks empty.
Fall Cooking: Making the Most of Pumpkin and Winter Squash
October means peak squash season across the U.S. We walk through every variety at your farmers market — butternut, acorn, kabocha, delicata — and share our favorite ways to roast, purée, and stuff each one.
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5 Knife Skills Every Home Cook Should Master
Your knife is the most important tool in the kitchen. Learning these five cuts will transform how you cook, cut prep time in half, and give your dishes professional-looking results. We walk through each technique with clear, step-by-step guidance you can practice at home tonight.
The 20 Pantry Staples That Power 80% of Our Recipes
Stock your shelves with these carefully chosen dry goods, canned staples, and condiments and you'll be able to pull together a satisfying meal any night of the week — even when the fridge looks empty. Our editors reveal exactly what we keep stocked year-round.
Fall Cooking: Making the Most of Pumpkin and Winter Squash
October means peak squash season across the U.S. We walk through every variety at your farmers market and share our favorite ways to roast, purée, and stuff each one into warming, satisfying fall meals your family will request all season long.
How to Meal Prep Sunday and Eat Well All Week
A few focused hours on Sunday can mean healthy, delicious meals Monday through Friday with almost no weeknight effort. Our step-by-step approach covers what to cook first, how to store everything safely, and how to mix-and-match components across five different dinners.
Building a Spice Collection: What to Buy and When to Use It
A well-stocked spice rack is the difference between cooking that tastes flat and cooking that tastes alive. We break down the thirty spices and dried herbs worth owning, grouped by cuisine and use, with clear guidance on when to bloom them in oil versus add them late.
Your Holiday Cookie Baking Timeline: Start Now, Thank Yourself Later
The secret to stress-free holiday baking isn't talent — it's timing. Our week-by-week plan starting in early November lets you bake in small batches, freeze strategically, and arrive at Thanksgiving and Christmas with a full cookie tin and your sanity intact.
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Good Cooks started in 2019 with one simple idea: great recipes shouldn't be locked behind fancy restaurants or culinary school degrees. They should live in every American home, passed down through families and adapted for the way we actually cook today.
We test every recipe in an ordinary home kitchen — not a professional studio with a team of food stylists. If a recipe works in our kitchen, it'll work in yours. That's our promise, and it's the reason over 120,000 home cooks trust us every week.
Our team stretches from New England to Southern California, which means our recipe collection reflects the beautiful diversity of American cooking — from Charleston shrimp and grits to New Mexico green chile stew to Pacific Northwest seafood chowder.
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Meet the Team
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Former sous chef turned food writer. Sarah leads our recipe development and has tested over 2,000 recipes since joining in 2019.
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Texas-born pitmaster and barbecue judge. Marcus covers everything from backyard grilling to all-day smoked brisket.
Priya Nair
Baking & Pastry Editor
Classically trained pastry chef and bread baker based in Portland. Priya makes every recipe approachable for the home baker.
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Nutrition & Wellness
Registered dietitian and home cook. Tom ensures our recipes are balanced, clearly labeled, and built on whole ingredients.
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