We Taste-Tested 9 Supermarket Potato Chips—Here Are Our Favorites
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240718-PotatoChips-AmandaSuarez-SEA-hero-b22074962b7c4bdf87cce91785cc8525.jpg)
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
This one was personal to y’all.
How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre
![A hand holding a honeycrisp apple to the light]()
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
Something we learned from this piece is that if one person is thinking something, others probably have the same thought. Genevieve poured her heart and soul into her reporting for this piece in order to get to the bottom of those tasteless Honeycrisp apples making their rounds, and her findings clearly resonated.
We Taste-Tested 11 Supermarket Unsalted Butters—Here Are Our Favorites
![Eleven sticks of unwrapped unsalted butter.]()
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
Butter. You're passionate about it. So are we! This was an exercise in reader service that we hoped would spark lively debate. It became an exercise in reader service that sparked intense and emphatic debate!
I Tested 12 Insulated Tumblers (Including Stanley) to Find Hydration Heroes
![A group on insulated tumblers on a pink surface.]()
Serious Eats / Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm
It’s not Stanley or bust out here—at least not until you put a bunch of insulated tumblers to the test. Stanley was our second-best option; we found some others that fared just as well, if not better.
Continue to 5 of 15 belowWe Taste-Tested 10 Supermarket Chocolate Ice Creams—Here Are Our Favorites
![Chocolate ice creams.]()
Serious Eats / Jordan Provost
The consensus? There is somehow not enough chocolate in most chocolate ice creams!
We Taste-Tested 10 Supermarket Creamy Peanut Butters—Here Are Our Favorites
![Jars of creamy peanut butter.]()
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
This was not an easy feat, but it was a very important one.
HexClad Pans Are Everywhere—But Are They Worth the Steep Price Tag?
![three hexclad skillets in different sizes with lids on a gray surface]()
Serious Eats / Grace Kelly
With Hexclad's hefty price tag—as well as our strong opinions on nonstick pans that we've likely passed onto you—it’s no wonder so many of you were interested in learning more about how this pan performs before biting the bullet. Grace so graciously (sorry) tested the pan for a month to see how it fared.
We Taste-Tested 13 Supermarket Salted Butters—Here Are Our Favorites
![An assortment of salted butters on a white countertop.]()
Serious Eats / Jordan Provost
More butter!
Continue to 9 of 15 belowWe Taste-Tested 6 Supermarket Cottage Cheeses—Here Are Our Favorites
![Six brands of cottage cheese stacked atop a counter.]()
Serious Eats / Jordan Provost
Curd's the word, and so is Lactaid. This taste test did a number on our stomachs, but it also did numbers in clicks. We remain unwell!
We Taste-Tested 17 Frozen Pizzas—Here Are the Winners
![Several different types of frozen pizza on a parchment paper lined sheet pan with numbers next to them]()
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
No matter how much we enjoy cooking, we could all use a frozen pizza to make life easier every now and then. We don’t frown on it, and clearly you lot don’t either!
We Taste-Tested 5 Supermarket Ketchups—Here Are Our Favorites
![Five bottles of ketchup]()
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
Thank GOD there’s no one on this team who hates ketchup. How would they have been able to get through this? These taste test results were among the least surprising of the batches we conducted this year, but no one was mad when so many French fries were involved.
I Tried 23 Non-Alcoholic Beers to Find the Best Ones I'd Happily Drink Any Day
![a variety of non alcoholic beers on a table with napkins and cards]()
Serious Eats / Dera Burreson
The non-alcoholic beer market remains booming, so Greg Baker tasted his way through 23 options to find the best IPAs, stouts, and lagers.
Continue to 13 of 15 belowHow to Boil Corn: Our Tests Reveal It's Not What Anyone Tells You
![Side view of cooked corn]()
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
What’s the best way to boil corn? The answer did surprise you (and us!).
We Taste-Tested 8 Supermarket Cream Cheeses—Here Are Our Favorites
![Assorted cream cheeses.]()
Serious Eats / Jordan Provost
There was so much deliberation that went into this taste test that we had to reschedule it not once, not twice, but a whopping three times. After deciding to break out the cream cheeses into blocks, spreads, and whips, we dove in and truly enjoyed every minute of it.
I Tested 23 Toaster Ovens and Found 5 Great Ones for All Your Toasting, Roasting, and Air-Frying Needs
![three toaster ovens on a countertop with one opened with toast inside]()
Serious Eats / Nick Simpson
Boy, has the toaster oven come a long way. These days, the models on the market can toast, roast, and even air fry. Madeline Muzzi put 23 options to the test to find the ones that are both reliable and versatile.
Serious Eats' 15 Most Popular Articles of 2024
We love a taste test, and apparently you all do, too (among a few other pieces!).
By
Yasmine Maggio![Yasmine Maggio]()
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/yasmine-maggio-8caf0add3c484a3792049ce8b026c2b8.jpg){kind=small}
Yasmine is an Associate Editor at Serious Eats. Her work has been featured in Women’s Health and on L’Officiel USA, and she recently graduated from New York University with a master's in journalism. You can find her at Bleecker Street Pizza on any given weekend.
Learn about Serious Eats'
Editorial Process
Published December 30, 2024
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20241223-SEA-TopArticles-b0b290f88f5a4dd9b7a8556c0bf8496a.jpg)
A well-rounded food website doesn’t just publish recipes, but it also provides other tools helpful for an eager home cook. In our case, having gotten to know you over the years, we make sure those other tools range from taste tests and ingredient guides to equipment reviews and historical deep dives on certain foods and cuisines.
In celebration of your favorite non-recipe content, we compiled the articles that you all clicked on most in 2024. While taste tests definitely led the pack, we also had a few very well-researched investigations and thoroughly tested technique guides that snuck into our top 15.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20241127-SEA-WhatHappenedtoHoneyCrisp-AmandaSuarez-14e9d056abae47bb9c04d73584bf137e.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240501-ButterTasteTest-AmandaSuarez-01-c5202352f6b34fc0bbc083c04869f228.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/tumblers_leadimage-76322dceec2c4ad299f4b362a85019b4.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240620SEA-ChocolateIceCream-JordanProvost-001-5274b6c649b14951a0e2ef9eeff00320.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240401-SEA-TasteTests-AmandaSuarez-04-e74f22090c514d5eae8a9d5395e206fb.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/HexlcadPansOverhead-6edb78c30310417c928b5856e2732860.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240528-SE-Butter-Testing-Jordan-Provost_08_1-c24416c0e56d4de383efcc1f452042d7.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SE_Cottage-Cheese-Taste-Test-JProvost_02-d61539f0003d4121992bd30d06a24427.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240926-SEA-FrozenPizzaTasteTest-AmandaSuarez-6-94a3e947b942463cbe9b1b60e55dc206.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240423-SEA-KetchupTest-AmandaSuarez-00-22888cdef90e436f842df83edb1cc832.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/sea-tier-3-primary-non-alcoholic-beer-dburreson-001-2-2e308c2f6fa34fe7ab1465c0c6e33e11.jpeg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240717-BoilingCorn-AmandaSuarez-SEA-f80166320b364edbbea05d65e538e270.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240613-SEA-CreamcheeseTasteTest-JordanProvost-00-c90a6ddefa7d4b80ba041da040ef29a9.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/sea-primary-toaster-ovens-atto-may-24-nsimpson-774-31c92b1cc99b4d8b9cc97a6a2e8f7060.jpeg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240129-KitchenAidNew-Color-52b46514b6a84346b27086a35dcc553b.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/miseenplace4-07796b09fd26411091ce9f5a6ef6d564.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20240225-Whippedhoney-969bc84dafa343d3b341dec2ec565f8a.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SEA-SwedishFish-GettyImages-639108986--knape-c398ead9dadf4998bb78cbe4f570d436.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20241231-SEA-StaffFavoriteImages-f399c381293d4d37a31ee0e91524a1a8.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20241223-SEA-TopINstagramPosts-ef0da082db494b5bb3799104f6f9a05d.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SEA-mise-en-place-1-AmandaSuarez-hero-f5f473b754c4497ea3dc15a4461d4410.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScreenShot2021-05-04at3.35.35PM-e002d6504c3647bbb79d10517321342f.png)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Mise-en-place2-0e3bc2f39bfc415e9aa62191e8571410.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__serious_eats__seriouseats.com__images__2013__08__2030815-mag-cover-e4cfcbdde37e42b08468c92632dd95c3.png)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/FallbackImage-b8642e5dcb4f405f8d092064d6ced594.png)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__serious_eats__seriouseats.com__images__2014__12__20141217-tenderloin-roast-recipe-food-lab-primary-2774e6d3c3454f84aa184854c3e33333.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__serious_eats__seriouseats.com__2019__12__20191213-staff-picks-features-6c3678cf23ac4a04a45f2a5a40940c12.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/INSOUTS-SEA-2023-dcccb659776a42738a818dc0b9bd5996.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20241204-MoreClick2024-6b4dc6e80a234c3e9e083b5764d0230f.jpg)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20241223-SEA-MostPopulartAppsandSnack-d9928e1d111b44e5be24e658e304f99c.jpg)