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30 Burger Recipes That Beat the Drive-Thru
Every burger counter worth filming has one opinion it will not budge on — the grind, the smash, or the bun. That stubbornness is useful, because a burger gets better when the cook commits to a style instead of stacking on distractions. These 30 recipes cover crisp double smashes, thick pub…
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26 1950s Diner Classics You Can Still Make at Home
This is the decade the menu was written, and most counters have not changed it much since. The 1950s diner had a daily blue plate, a short-order griddle, a soda fountain and a pie case that did more selling than any tabletop sign. These 26 recipes stay inside that world: meatloaf with brown gravy…
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38 Copycat Restaurant Recipes You Can Make Tonight
Reverse-engineering a restaurant dish is its own kind of fun, and it's most of what a fan of this show does anyway. The useful part isn't guessing a locked formula down to the gram; it's identifying the texture, seasoning and small kitchen move that made you order the dish again. These 38 recipes…
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21 Club and Deli Sandwiches Stacked Like the Counter Does It
A good deli counter is a study in restraint, right up until the moment it isn't. These 21 club sandwich recipes and deli standards move from four true triple-deckers into roast beef, pastrami, Reubens, chicken salad, tuna salad, egg salad, vegetable stacks and an Italian sub. The classic turkey…
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21 School Cafeteria Classics, Recreated
Institutional food and diner food share a parent: feed a lot of people, fast, with what is on hand. These 21 school cafeteria classics bring that logic down to a normal kitchen without pretending every district served the same lunch. Rectangle pizza uses one home half-sheet instead of a deck oven…
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28 Milkshakes and Malts from Behind the Counter
The dependable diner ratio is 3 1/2 cups of firm ice cream to 1/3 cup of whole milk for two spoon-thick shakes. Start there, and add only one or two tablespoons of milk if the blades spin without pulling the ice cream down. The metal mixing cup on the side is the tell—it means somebody made too…
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28 Dump-and-Bake Casseroles You Assemble in One Dish
One dish in, one dish out, nothing pre-cooked on the stove first. That promise rules out the fake shortcuts that begin with a pot of boiling noodles, a skillet of browned meat or a saucepan nobody counts. These casseroles start with dry pasta or rice, raw ingredients that can cook safely in the…
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25 Crockpot Appetizers That Disappear First on Game Day
Half the bar food worth driving for is something that sat warm in a pot all afternoon. These 25 crockpot recipes for potluck tables and game-day crowds are built to survive quarters, overtimes and people who keep circling back with the same paper plate. The first nine are dips, including buffalo…
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26 Sliders That Vanish Off the Tray
Sliders are what happens when a kitchen realizes people order two of everything anyway. These 26 versions cover the baked roll trays that disappear at parties, plus individual burgers, fried chicken, crab cakes, shrimp po'boys and two dessert sliders that earn their spot. Twelve recipes use the…
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22 Patty Melts and Griddle Sandwiches for the Cast Iron
The patty melt is the most diner thing on any menu—it exists because there was a flat top and rye bread. These 22 cast-iron sandwiches start with eight patty melt variations, including the onion-smashed Oklahoma version and a pimento-cheese melt, then move through tuna, four grilled cheeses…