A recent survey by Orbit Media found that bloggers who invest more time in writing their blogs — and also write longer articles– generally have a higher number of readers and interactions. The best SEO results are booked with blogs that are approximately 2,000 words long. However, how do you keep a long read interesting? How do you make sure that your readers don’t just scroll through, or tap out when they are halfway through your article?

Did you know that I am part Hungarian? I had a great grandmother who only spoke Hungarian that I adored and a grandmother who would ...

Strategy is the effective approach to a goal. Any goal. The better you are at strategy, the shorter the distance required to accomplish a goal.

Advice culled from the life of history's most effective villain, Genghis Khan.

The Best Mexican Recipes: Kitchen-Tested Recipes Put the Real Flavors of Mexico Within Reach by the editors at America’s Test Kitchen

What is the first food that comes to mind when you hear "foraged"? My guess is that a mushroom came to mind. While it's true that most mushrooms are grown in the wild, there's an abundance of other wild plant foods that are much easier to find and identify. Just because these wild plants are out there, does that mean we should eat them? My colleagues and I of Berkeley Open Source Food (BOSF) are arguing yes.

This year, we were hungry for something new, and 2014 didn't disappoint. We're sharing 16 of our favorite foods that took center stage on menus across the country.

While you were eating turkey, we were busy rummaging around the internet and adding new courses to our big list of Free Online Courses, which now features 1,100 courses from top universities. Let's give you the quick overview:

At a loss for a title? Whatever you are writing, here are six ways you can come up with a captivating title. Whether you are writing a blog post or a book, an article or a movie, you need a title t...

Baklava uses phyllo dough stacked with honey and nuts to make a sweet Mediterranean dessert that everyone will love.

Legendary Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia, who is credited with transforming the folk art of flamenco into a more vibrant modern sound, has died. He was 66.

Doctoring good-quality jarred tomato sauce, with ground meat, onion, garlic, and spices makes this ziti superfast.

Unless you've eaten garlic soup, it can be challenging to imagine how a huge handful of sliced cloves simmered in water for fifteen minutes could possibly be worth writing about. I certainly questioned the idea before making David Tanis's version in his new cookbook, One Good Dish.

Whatever toppings you choose, a pizza's appeal begins with its crust. Use these illustrated step-by-step instructions to make your dough, then choose from nine different recipes for sauces and toppings.

Italian wedding soup recipe.

Boxed crackers can be pricey. So consider making your own to serve with dips or other appetizers this holiday season.

This time of year we hear an awful lot about chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Despite that that actually sounds pretty dangerous, it also makes us feel all cozy and warm and at-home. In addition to playing a crucial role in our collective holiday consciousness, chestnuts are a veritable culinary workhouse — perfect in recipes that call to arms flavors that are sweet, as well as those that are savory.

Cooking Comically's Chick-fil-a Chicken Sandwich

Whether or not you celebrate Hanukkah, you'll love this fantastic roundup of latke recipes — everything from traditional potato pancakes topped with smoked salmon and caviar to sandwiches assembled with latke "buns" and leftover Thanksgivukkah trimmings to sweet latkes that are just as good for dessert as they are breakfast is covered here!

Did you know if you cut your spending by $13 a day, you’ll save $400 a month and $4800 a year! Pay attention to the little expenses because they really do add up. This is currently the most popular article on The Budget Diet, and I've just updated it for 2013 thanks to all the helpful ...

Slow Cooker Chinese Hacked Pork

Prior to making sweet and salty roasted chickpeas (garbanzo beans), chickpeas did not entice me at snack time.  I didn't search the pantry saying, "Chocolate

This is a good fried chicken recipe.

Turn the sad remnants of Thanksgiving into something tasty

Fruitcake is a Christmas season favorite that's perfect to prepare early in the month because it not only keeps well but also gets even better as its flavors mature with a little time.

We've assembled this list of the country's greatest dives, places where the drinks are as strong as the parking-lot brawlers, the…

Build your own press for home cheese-making.

Earlier this year, in "How to Eat Apples Like a Boss," a video by Foodbeast, the Internet was promised the gift of confidence in apple-eating. Elie Ayrouth ate an apple starting at the bottom, proceeding to up to the top, and finishing with a wink to the camera, as bosses do. Eating as such, Foodbeast said, the core "disappears."

Here, we put a new spin on the classic pot roast by incorporating Asian-inspired flavors and ingredients like daikon and mirin. This recipe serves a crowd, so it’s great for a warming, family-style meal during the holiday season.

Salted whole turkey smoked to perfection in the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker.