No.7 The Hot 100 · October 2026

J. Kenji López-Alt

Seattle, USA

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Panel read 89/100 · Cooked by members 0 · In the press 0 · No new recipe counted this month

The cook who tests the why, then shows it in one-take videos from his own kitchen; nobody explains technique better.

What people come to them for

Smashed burgers · Pan pizza · Fried rice

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Their cookbook

The Food Lab (2015) · On the charts

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