For years, my grandmother wanted to teach me how to use a pressure cooker. No thanks, I thought, side-eyeing the scary, weird-looking gurgling pot on her stove that sounded as ...

A gurgling pot of stock. The whistle of a tea kettle. An electrifying sizzle as a steak hits hot cast iron. A kitchen already has its own soundscape, but could this environment make its way into ...

"I love chicken skin," says Takashi Yagihashi. The Chicago-based chef and native of Japan is leaning over a gurgling pot, cheerfully extolling the virtues of crisp-skinned fried chicken. From our ...

My grandmother wanted to teach me how to use a pressure cooker. No thanks, I thought, eyeing the scary, weird-looking gurgling pot on her stove that sounded as if it could take off at any moment.