Potatoes fall into two main categories: the waxy and the starchy type. Each of these varieties needs to be prepared and cooked in a certain way in order to bring out the best in them, and the starchy ...

Several years ago, my mother announced that we’d be having pre-prepared tubs of supermarket mashed potatoes with our Thanksgiving dinner. I gasped in shock. “But it’s Thanksgiving!” I cried. My mother ...

From mashed potatoes to potato salads, most potato side dishes start with one crucial step—boiling the potatoes. It seems like a simple and straightforward task, right? If you thought that all you ...