Earthy mushrooms, bright lime juice, and rich coconut take center stage in a spicy noodle soup fit for spring.

Sure, there's a time and place for a classic chocolate chip cookie, a chewy sugar cookie, an oatmeal raisin. But when we're craving serious cookies -- cookies that make us feel good, that make everything feel right -- we turn to chocolate cookies. Here are 10 of our favorite: some classic, some espresso-spiked, some peanut butter-filled, some fruity, some spicy, and all delicious.

How to make your own sausage with just a sharp knife, in step-by-step photos. (Then use it to season everything in sight, starting with polenta.)

Let a smoky, spicy condiment bring life to every dinner this week. 

An oatmeal cookie to freak out over.

Set your abandoned vegetables free, in just 5 steps.  

Tonight's dinner is a celebration of warmer weather, spring vegetables, and simply good food.

Let's be serious: the only reason any of us really watch Mad Men is to fantasize about being as cool as Don Draper. 

Though spring hasn’t exactly sprung everywhere, it’s April, which is reason enough for us to start acting like it has. (Cue the incessant talk of ramps and fiddleheads -- go!)

Our staff discusses the most perfect food in the world.