Your Monday Lunch Break Reading List

Life moves pretty fast, as Ferris Bueller says. Here's what you may have missed on the site this weekend:

Saturday

• Taylor considered the wonders of mail-order food.
• We shared some of this week's test kitchen favorites.

Sunday

• Erin McDowell gave us the 411 on fudge-making.
• Corned beef brisket became a new winter favorite.

Monday

• The pudding, the pudding, the pudding was on fire!
• Leslie asked us to take a closer, more serious look at egg cartons.
• No yolk, Caroline gave us more reasons to love yellow, gooey, eggy centers.
• The Force was with us all week long.

Tuesday

• We got the lowdown on the best ways to butter at any temperature.
• Sarah went back to the old avocado-shaped drawing board and figured out the best way to preserve an avocado.
• The trick to seamless gift-wrapping was revealed!
• Emiko shared the simplest and most aptly-titled cake ever.
• A big thanks to David Stark for being our #1 party inspiration.

Wednesday

• We discovered that chocolate chips, chunks, and wafers make very different cookies!
• The #f52CookieTruck drove off into the sunset, but it left us with a winner!
• We had lots of ideas for DIY edible gifts.
• Think you're a gracious guest? Jen Ford thinks we can all do better, and shared a few tips to make sure we get invited over again and again!
• We discovered foods that will make us live forever... or until we're in our hundred-teens.

Thursday

• We felt no shame in admitting our love of butter sauce... for adults, that is.
• We gave you a great trick to get you poaching fruit, just in time for the holidays!
• Caitlin Pike came to salve us all from dry, cracked skin.
• Jello salad never looked so good.
• Amanda taught us how to get our bows looking fluffier, perkier, and fuller!

Friday

• Team Food52 shared how we treat ourselves during one of the more stressful times of the year.
• The editors dished on their favorite kitchen tools.
• We wanted to pretend we were in the tropics, so we drank this.
• Also, this.