Sam Worley

Contributor

A former senior editor at Epicurious, Sam Worley is a freelance writer and editor. His work has appeared in Atlanta magazine, Chicago magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, Condé Nast Traveler, Heated, the Chicago Tribune, Popula, the Outline, the LA Review of Books, the Awl, and elsewhere.

Recipes & Menus

How to Make Starbucks' New Spiced Cold-Brew Drink at Home

(And how to make it hot, too. Hey, winter is coming!)

Expert Advice

One Easy Trick to Making More Apple Pies, Faster

In pie prep as in many life activities, the freezer is your friend.

Recipes & Menus

Homemade Crackers Need More Respect

They're fast, they're easy, they're delicious. What not make them at home?

Expert Advice

This Week in Food News: Bitter Is Back

But did it ever leave? Plus: malnutrition in the nation's "salad bowl."

Expert Advice

Use Fancy Potato Chips to Bread Your Chicken

Dill-pickle-chip chicken? Salt-and-vinegar-chip chicken? Japanese-shrimp-chip chicken? The possibilities are as wide as the snack aisle.

Recipes & Menus

Dinner Rolls Six Ways

One simple master recipe, based on a classic French pain de mie, proves endlessly changeable—feel free to think of the five suggestions that accompany it here as merely a start, and let your imagination take it from there.

Expert Advice

5 Ways to Make Dishwashing More Fun

Or, at the very least, less painful.

Recipes & Menus

3-Ingredient Seeded Crackers

A quick spin in the food processor is all it takes to mix up these rustic whole-wheat crackers.

Expert Advice

All That's Left to Do Now Is Drink Some Wine

And make short ribs with it. Recommended soundtrack: Jerry Lee Lewis's "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee."

Expert Advice

How to Be a Good Thanksgiving Guest

Rule number one: no unsolicited appetizers.

Expert Advice

How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey Straight From Frozen

No time to thaw? No problem. Just stick that baby right in the oven.

Recipes & Menus

The Path to Perfect Dinner Rolls

We give you the last word on dinner rolls: simple, humble, absolutely necessary, and endlessly changeable.

Expert Advice

What Good Is an Oven Thermometer? A Personal Investigation

The tale of an oven set to 400 degrees—give or take 30.

Thanksgiving

What's Your Irrationally Strong Thanksgiving Opinion?

Brining sucks, basting sucks, actually turkey also kind of sucks, and nobody agrees on cranberry sauce either: we present a cornucopia of Epi staffers' most deeply held Thanksgiving opinions.