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Egg

How to Make the Best Instant Pot Boiled Eggs

Achieve perfect soft, medium, and hard-boiled eggs in your Instant Pot with no guesswork required.

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Indian

10 Indian Instant Pot Recipes for Rich, Comforting Flavor Fast

Including Urvashi Pitre's viral Instant Pot butter chicken.

Fall

23 Fall Slow-Cooker Recipes to Curl Up With

Simple dishes you can set and forget.

Summer

17 Easy Summer Slow-Cooker Recipes That Let You Turn Off the Stove

...and chill.

Dinner

7 Vegetarian Slow-Cooker Recipes That Are High Comfort, Low Effort

No muss, no fuss (no meat).

by: Eric Kim|June 18, 2020

Instant Pot

The 5 Most Common Mistakes People Make When Using the Instant Pot

They're not what you'd think.

by: Urvashi Pitre|March 14, 2020

Braise

You've Been Taught to Braise This Way Your Whole Life. Here's a Step You Can Skip.

Every recipe tells you to do this—but do you really need to? Our video host and recipe developer Josh Cohen gives us his two cents.

by: Josh Cohen|March 9, 2020

Cake

A Superior Flourless Chocolate Cake, Thanks to the Instant Pot

In this week's Set It & Forget It, cookbook author and baker extraordinaire Jessie Sheehan makes a case for pressure-cooked cakes.

by: Jessie Sheehan|February 17, 2020

Instant Pot

Yogurt Is The One Instant Pot Feature You're Not Using—but Should

Homemade yogurt costs a fraction of the price of store-bought (and tastes better, too).

by: Karen Lee|January 31, 2020

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Chicken

Slow-Cooker Rotisserie Chicken Is Peak Comfort Cooking

Cook a faux-tisserie bird completely hands-off in your Crock-Pot. The result is deeply tender, super juicy meat that practically falls off the bone.

by: Rebecca Firkser|January 28, 2020

Cookie

This Slow-Cooker Chocolate Chip Cookie Should Be Served With Nothing but Spoons

This week's Set It & Forget It recipe from Rebecca Firkser: a giant party piece.

by: Rebecca Firkser|January 2, 2020

Squash

Why You Should Cook a Whole Dang Squash in Your Slow Cooker

This week's Set It & Forget It recipe from Rebecca Firkser: a winter wonder of a side dish with crunch, chew, and more.

by: Rebecca Firkser|December 27, 2019

Long Reads

The Unbearable Kindness of Warehouse Beef Stew

I could hardly make it through my shifts. Meanwhile, my sister started the slow cooker.

by: Max McDonough|December 10, 2019

Instant Pot

Why I Ditched My Rice Cooker for the Instant Pot

Plus, how to make perfect Instant Pot rice (with charts).

by: Karen Lee|November 21, 2019

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