When I told Cecilia Chiang—perhaps the most important Chinese chef in American history—that I was hungry, the last thing I expected was for her to microwave fish for dinner. After all, Cecilia was an ...

Gary Weinstein, a retired lawyer, has lived in Manhattan for 30 years, and for most of that time, he has used his oven for storage. “It stares at me with mockery,” he said, gesturing to the forsaken ...

Leave it to David Chang to make cooking salmon easy with nothing more than a microwave. In his latest tip, he makes weeknight ...

We're all looking for shortcuts to make mealtimes easier and faster. And, with busy schedules and late nights at the office, getting dinner on the table can be a challenge on some nights. But is it OK ...

I don’t doubt that the mere suggestion of microwaving fish is enough to make the hairs on the back of the internet’s collective neck stand up in culinary protest. First and foremost: This recipe doesn ...

Like so many of the most banal tools of modern life—duct tape, tampons, canned soup, the Internet—the microwave oven was born from the industry of war. Its key element: magnetron tubes, tiny, ...

The microwave is the most used but least cherished device in my kitchen. Unlike my beloved KitchenAid mixer or snazzy convection oven, it’s never used for cooking. Instead, I use it to reheat ...