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 ...

When you're boiling potatoes, it can be tough to figure out how to get the timing just right. For example, if you're boiling potatoes with the goal of making mashed potatoes to accompany Thanksgiving ...

So many potato-based recipes start with the same step: “Boil the potatoes.” You see it time and again in recipes for mashed potatoes, potato salad, and more. But it’s not a straightforward technique.

Mashed potatoes hold the entire Thanksgiving feast together. Who hasn’t created a perfect bite, piling turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing on a forkful of potato? But this favorite last-minute side ...

A holiday meal without mashed potatoes is like Santa Claus without a beard. It's obvious something's missing. "Potatoes, in general, are a beloved vegetable. When they're on the holiday table, they ...