Sam Worley
Contributor
A former senior editor at Epicurious, Sam Worley is a freelance writer and editor. His work has appeared in Atlanta magazine, Chicago magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, Condé Nast Traveler, Heated, the Chicago Tribune, Popula, the Outline, the LA Review of Books, the Awl, and elsewhere.
How to Make Starbucks' New Spiced Cold-Brew Drink at Home
(And how to make it hot, too. Hey, winter is coming!)
One Easy Trick to Making More Apple Pies, Faster
In pie prep as in many life activities, the freezer is your friend.
Homemade Crackers Need More Respect
They're fast, they're easy, they're delicious. What not make them at home?
This Week in Food News: Bitter Is Back
But did it ever leave? Plus: malnutrition in the nation's "salad bowl."
Use Fancy Potato Chips to Bread Your Chicken
Dill-pickle-chip chicken? Salt-and-vinegar-chip chicken? Japanese-shrimp-chip chicken? The possibilities are as wide as the snack aisle.
Dinner Rolls Six Ways
One simple master recipe, based on a classic French pain de mie, proves endlessly changeable—feel free to think of the five suggestions that accompany it here as merely a start, and let your imagination take it from there.
3-Ingredient Seeded Crackers
A quick spin in the food processor is all it takes to mix up these rustic whole-wheat crackers.
All That's Left to Do Now Is Drink Some Wine
And make short ribs with it. Recommended soundtrack: Jerry Lee Lewis's "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee."
How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey Straight From Frozen
No time to thaw? No problem. Just stick that baby right in the oven.
The Path to Perfect Dinner Rolls
We give you the last word on dinner rolls: simple, humble, absolutely necessary, and endlessly changeable.
What Good Is an Oven Thermometer? A Personal Investigation
The tale of an oven set to 400 degrees—give or take 30.
What's Your Irrationally Strong Thanksgiving Opinion?
Brining sucks, basting sucks, actually turkey also kind of sucks, and nobody agrees on cranberry sauce either: we present a cornucopia of Epi staffers' most deeply held Thanksgiving opinions.
This Week in Food News: Food in the Age of Trump
Plus: Minnesotans meet around meat pies.
"Making Pies" and Soothing the Soul
A sad and beautiful baking song by Patty Griffin, paired with a recipe for sweet potato pie.
Top 9 Ways to Eat Chili, Ranked
Chili's delicious—most of the time. Here are all the ways to serve it, from worst to best.
