Cooking and cookbooks

How to make butter tteok: The viral crunchy, buttery cakes taking the Internet by storm

nyttteok22 - Butter Rice Cakes

Source and copyright: The New York Times

Once a stickler for cooking rules, Terry Tan relaxes his stance

Cookbook author Terry Tan with his new book, Terry Tan’s Peranakan Classics. It is an update of his first cookbook, published in 1981.

4 ways to make the juiciest grilled chicken

Lemon-garlic grilled chicken breasts.

7 ways to make the best steak of your life

Seared bone-in rib-eye steaks.

How to make the best buttermilk pancakes

A golden stack of pancakes, slicked with butter is a perfect way to start the day.

Malaysian-American contestant apologises for wrongly pronouncing roti canai on MasterChef

Malaysian-American MasterChef contestant Jaime Tan pronounced roti canai with a hard “k” sound rather than the traditional “ch”.

Finding Joy

Want to know what’s really going on in our children’s lives? Cook for them

Conversations over dinner have inculcated open communication in his family, says the writer.

Not too hot, not too cold: Roast a chicken the way Goldilocks might

Vietnamese-inspired roast chicken. Eric Kim brines his birds with a modest amount of salt and a good amount of spice, then cooks them just hot enough, and just long enough. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell. (Armando Rafael/The New York Times)

Mint, cucumber and snap peas: The key to the best spring drink may be in your grocery bag

(From left) Arugula-mint Pimm’s Cup cocktail, Snap Pea Gimlet.

Tacos, sliders and more: Quick go-to dinners for busy parents

HEADLINE: Sliding Toward Summer
CAPTION: Cheeseburger Sliders. End-of-school year chaos has arrived. These 20-minute (or less) meals will get you cooking through it. Food styled by Monica Pierini. Prop styled by Megan Hedgpeth.
CREDIT: (Ryan Liebe/The New York Times)

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