Absolute Best Tests
The Absolute Best Way to Make Crispy Potato Chips
Potato

The Absolute Best Way to Make Crispy Potato Chips

No one knows who fried the first potato chip, but Ella Quittner is the latest—and most prolific—fryer to grace the chip history pages.

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baking tools

The Absolute Best Way to Make Sugar Cookies

Ella Quittner continues her quest for the best. This time, she's tackling the blank slate of baked goods: the sugar cookie.

Vegetable

The Absolute Best Way to Grill Vegetables

According to so many tests.

Chicken

The Absolute Best Way to Marinate Chicken

Plus the absolute worst way.

The Absolute Best Way to Make Cheeseburgers
Burger

The Absolute Best Way to Make Cheeseburgers

And the absolute worst way too.

by:  Ella Quittner
May 19, 2022
The Absolute Best Way to Make an Egg Sandwich
Eggplant

The Absolute Best Way to Make an Egg Sandwich

This latest installment of Absolute Best Tests was perhaps the most difficult yet.

by:  Ella Quittner
April  8, 2022
The Absolute Best Way to Bread Chicken
Chicken

The Absolute Best Way to Bread Chicken

According to sooo many tests.

by:  Ella Quittner
March 15, 2022
The Absolute Best Way to Make Juicy Pork Chops
Pork

The Absolute Best Way to Make Juicy Pork Chops

To brine or not to brine?

by:  Ella Quittner
February 17, 2022
The Absolute Best Way to Fry an Egg, According to 42 Tests
Egg

The Absolute Best Way to Fry an Egg, According to 42 Tests

Columnist Ella Quittner never wants to eat another egg again—possibly ever.

by:  Ella Quittner
February 14, 2022
The Absolute Best Way to Make Buffalo Wings, According to So Many Tests
Chicken

The Absolute Best Way to Make Buffalo Wings, According to So Many ...

Who will win the crispiest of them all?

by:  Ella Quittner
January 20, 2022
The Absolute Best Way to Cook Steak, According to So Many Tests
Steak

The Absolute Best Way to Cook Steak, According to So Many Tests

There was a grill involved. And an oven. And a stovetop. And a whole lot of butter.

by:  Ella Quittner
December 14, 2021
The Absolute Best Way to Cook Shrimp, According to So Many Tests
Shrimp

The Absolute Best Way to Cook Shrimp, According to So Many Tests

Never eat an overcooked, rubbery shrimp agan. Never!

by:  Ella Quittner
December 10, 2021
The Absolute Best Way to Cook Potatoes, According to So Many Tests
Potato

The Absolute Best Way to Cook Potatoes, According to So Many Tests

Ranked from Most Forgettable to Potatoes We’d Like to Marry.

by:  Ella Quittner
November 15, 2021
The Absolute Best Way to Make Chewy Cookies, According to So Many Tests
Cookie

The Absolute Best Way to Make Chewy Cookies, According to So Many ...

This month, columnist Ella Quittner is on the hunt for the chewiest cookie.

by:  Ella Quittner
October 14, 2021

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