[Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, unless otherwise noted] Every year is different, but this year has been extra different for me. I’ve spent a big chunk of my time working on a second book (currently slated for release sometime in 2019). The book has a much stronger emphasis on non-American techniques and recipes than my first book did, which happily coincides with the way...

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Asking me to pick my favorite Special Sauce episodes of the year is like asking a father to choose his favorite child. In many ways, I love every episode equally. Why? For the same reasons I love Serious Eats as a whole: I like putting together a strong team and watching each member do their thing. In the case of Special Sauce, that...

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2017 has been a pretty great year for Serious Eats. We've broken traffic records left and right, we've been lucky enough to hire some amazing new colleagues, and we've managed to crank out some top notch recipes, techniques, and features, all while juggling a host of different complicating factors—three babies were born (!), one of the head honchos got married (!!), and half...

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2017 was a big year for video here at Serious Eats. We ramped up our production significantly, producing well over 100 (!) new videos, and our (very small!) video team has, in our humble opinion, done an excellent job of translating all the elements that make our cooking techniques and recipes so successful to the new medium—clear instructions, sound science, and just a...

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[Photograph: Vicky Wasik, J. Kenji López-Alt] New Year's Eve scares me a little bit—I normally try to turn in fairly early, so any time I'm partying past midnight I know I'm going to drink too much. The obviously solution is just to have a little self-control and alternate booze and water, but, despite my best intentions, I have a feeling I will wake...

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It's been an exciting year for us at Serious Eats. We welcomed three new editors to team—Assistant Culinary Editor Sohla El-Waylly, Equipment Editor Sal Vaglica, and Social Media Editor Kristina Bornholtz—and settled into our new digs at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. We've created a record number of videos, added regular equipment reviews to our content rotation, and churned out weekly episodes...

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