Cheese tips from Food Network Magazine recipe tester Leah Brickley.

We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but a new study show just how important breakfast is for kids.

Turn to these fun, fancy, yet easy snacks for afternoon snack breaks.

The chefs in Food Network Kitchens had so many favorite muffins in Food Network Magazine’s 50 Muffins (page 100, December issue) that we couldn’t print them all. Pick up the issue to see the ones that made the cut — then try this extra Mini Rumball Muffin recipe for a new twist on an oldRead more »

Who doesn’t love classic peanut butter cookies? Food Network Kitchens lightened up this cookie favorite and added in a few healthy ingredients to this new recipe.

Having a hard time deciding what pie to make for Thanksgiving dessert? Take a departure from the traditional and try Food Network Magazine’s Pumpkin Spice Cake With Chocolate-Pecan Filling from page 112 of the November issue (pictured above). We took our favorite parts of pumpkin, pecan and chocolate pies and layered them together to makeRead more »

What’s for breakfast in the UK? Eggs and Beans; try Food Network Magazine’s modernized version for breakfast this weekend.

We’re big cauliflower lovers in the Food Network test kitchen, but we understand not everyone shares our enthusiasm. To recruit more fans for our cruciferous friend, we steamed and pureed it for the Super-Stuffed Baked Potatoes on page 70 of Food Network Magazine’s October issue. We didn’t have to use sour cream because of theRead more »

Risotto is perfect for a special weekend dinner. Until I started working in the test kitchen here at Food Network, I would have never attempted it for a weeknight dinner. That was until Katherine Alford (Vice President Food Network Test Kitchens) introduced me to risotto made in a pressure cooker. I was skeptical at first.Read more »

Make a healthy snack in the time it takes to make a cup of tea.