As an avid home cook, I try to pull out all the stops when I have people over. But the recipe that gets the most remarks (and the most copycats!) is so easy it’s hardly a recipe at all: paper bag ...

I love movie theater popcorn. There’s something about the enormity of it, the sheer thrill of sitting down with a tub of popcorn as big as your torso and munching on it mindlessly for 2 hours straight ...

My mother was a classic early adopter. If it was new, she was interested. And when a new and radically different kitchen appliance was released 50 years ago, she was all in. In Arkansas where we lived ...