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This post contains products independently chosen (and loved) by our editors and writers. Food52 earns a commission on qualifying purchases of the products we link to. Look inside my small (and I mean really small) kitchen, and you might not instantly guess that I love to cook. But I’ve never let a lack of space stop me from making any recipe, be it a homemade lasagna or an elaborate birthday cake. With careful planning, the right organization tools, and a few tips, a galley kitchen like mine can actually be the best kind of kitchen because everything you need is...

Artificially intelligent chatbots and image generators broke through into the popular imagination with the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT-3.5. The recently released GPT-4 is even better at mimicking humanity and answering its questions. But while many people see this new generation of AI as a fun way to generate poetry or images of Pope Francis in a fashionable papal puffer jacket, Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently called it the first shot in a new revolution "as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone," that will change the way people work, learn, travel,...

All the flavors of a banana split without the worry of melted ice cream, and no baking is required!  Nothing compares to a traditional banana split, but not every event or occasion is ice cream friendly. This dessert tastes just like a banana split, but it can sit on your serving table without melting. It is prepared in a baking dish, has a graham cracker crust, and includes decadent layers of pineapple, banana, strawberries, and chocolate. Yes, there is Cool Whip and a cherry on top!  The History of Banana Splits  It’s always fun to hear how some of our...

Composting is one of the most impactful yet wildly inconvenient individual actions one can take against climate change on a day-to-day basis. The average person probably realizes, to a point, how much food waste their household is creating — the smell of the trash is a great indicator — but the environmental impacts of that food waste are pretty out of sight, out of mind.Half of the problem is probably that many people don't even know what composting is. It's one of those words that might conjure up a vague mental image upon hearing — like a human-sized pile of...

Creamy slow cooker ham potato soup with soft chunks of buttery potatoes and salty-sweet ham is perfect with a salad or just some crusty bread. Ham and Potato Chowder The first time I made this soup, I was staring into the refrigerator over Thanksgiving weekend and I really didn’t feel like warming up another plate of leftovers. (This is what tends to happen when you accidentally wind up with triple the amount of ham and potatoes your family could possibly eat!) I saw the container -okay, technically, it was pretty much a vat- of potatoes and a big package of...